My Step-Brothers’ Forbidden Addiction
“That’s wonderful. I mean, not the mess, but the fact that you’re making friends. Even if they’re young ones.”
Guilt twisted in my stomach like a knife. She was so happy. So relieved that I might actually be settling in here, finding my place in this new pack. If she knew the truth, if she understood what her step-sons were really doing to me, it would break her heart.
“What were their names?” she asked, pulling back to look at me with genuine interest. “Do they live nearby?”
I hadn’t thought this through. “Um, there was Emma, the oldest one with pigtails. And Jake, he was maybe ten. The others didn’t really introduce themselves, it all happened pretty fast.”