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Staring at his phone, he's oblivious to the tension percolating among the members of the Starr family. "Kit," he says, sidling up to me. "I remember where I saw you. I knew you looked familiar."
He holds out his phone and I gasp and jump back. My hands cover my mouth and I watch in horror as a scene plays out on the screen. The others gather round as well.
My face, unmistakable, in the throes of ecstasy, crushed against the mirrored wall of an elevator.
Had it only been two weeks ago? It feels like a lifetime has transpired since then.
There's no sound, but there's no need for it anyway. What's happening is pretty obvious and I'm glad the whole world can't hear my sex noises. I dare a glance down to the area below the video and see it's been viewed two million times.
On the wall above my head is the logo for The Hamilton Hotel.
I nearly faint and Adam grabs hold of me.
"Jesus, Kit," Boone says. "That's the elevator at The Hamilton Hotel. Is that the guy you told me about?"
"It's Adam," Caleb says. "He told me he did it with a girl in the elevator. I didn’t know it was Kit."
"I didn’t either," Adam says.
Boone shrieks and grabs the phone from Justin's hand and watches it again. And again.
* * *
ADAM
Shit. How did this go so bad?
Next to me, Kit is quivering and I put my arm around her to offer some comfort. And to get some comfort too.
I glance from Boone's shocked face to Caleb and Deacon. Their expressions are a mixture of surprise, curiosity and condemnation.
When Boone's ready to hit the replay button one more time, I step away from Kit and yank the phone from her hands and give it to Justin who's finally figured out that showing a woman a viral video of her getting fucked in an elevator is a bad idea. "Get out of here. Go and pack up your gear and then I want you to get the hell off my land."
Boone jumps to his defense. "It's not his fault you got caught fucking in an elevator in our own goddamn hotel. Ironic, coming from you and your constant speeches about our family reputation."
"If a man doesn't have enough sense to not show someone a video like that, then he's too fucking dumb to be on our payroll."
"So," Caleb says, "this started before either of you knew who the other was? Right?"
"Yes," I reply. "It was supposed to be a one night thing. I didn't even know her name and she didn't know mine."
"And then she showed up here?" Deacon says, enjoying this way too much. Asshole.
"Okay," Caleb is working really hard to be the voice of reason, "so at the time, neither of them broke the family rule or at least not intentionally because they didn't know. And now, they were kissing and that's not great, but it's not like they've been hooking up while she's been here, right?"
Oh god, how I wish I could lie but the look on my face gives me away.
"You sonofabitch," Boone hisses.
"It's not like that," I say. "It's not like anything I've ever experienced before in my whole life. I love her. I love Kit with my whole heart."
There's a pause and my siblings stare at me.
"Does she love you?" Deacon asks softly.
I turn to look for her, sure she'll say she does love me. Pretty sure, at least.
But she's gone. While the four of us were bickering, she took off.
