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“You’re telling me you don’t want to know which brother you’ve been kissing?”

I looked toward the window.

The fairgrounds glowed faintly in the distance.

“I don’t know.”

I smiled.

“I think I like not knowing.”

She stayed quiet.

“Why?”

l thought about it.

“Because the second I know who it is….”

I swallowed.

“…..the game changes.”

She nodded slowly.

“Maybe your right.”

I nodded.

“Who do you want it to be?”

I stopped in my tracks.

Did I have a specific man I wanted it to be?

Maybe-

“Raven!”

I stood up and walked over to my bedroom door.

I opened the door to see my step mother standing there.

“Hey Marie, what’s up?”

She was already in her pajamas for the night and had on a face mask.

“Just wanted to see what you girlies were up to?”

I couldn’t fault her, because she had been trying. Over the past three years, she has tried.

But, how am I supposed to just “get over” what her and my dad did to my mother?

I get leaving things in the past, but I haven’t been able to to cross that bridge fully yet.

“Just chatting about the fair tomorrow night.” Willow called out from behind me.

Marie looked at me.