My Boyfriend's Brother
Liam looked between the two of us one more time, something settling behind his eyes that hadn't been there thirty seconds ago.
"You know what," he said, quiet now, almost worse than the sharpness had been. "I think I already know."
"Liam, please, "
"A month," he said, mostly to himself, like he was doing sums that weren't adding up the way he wanted. "I'm gone a month, back for a week, and this is what I come home to."
"It's not what you think."
"Then tell me what it is, Nova. Explain it to me properly, because from where I stood, my brother had his hands on you."