AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“I just found out that you’re not my uncle but my brother in the span of minutes, and it’s you who doesn’t have time to explain?”
“This is the woman I want to see. A fighter.”
A beat passes, and I place the glass on the table.
“She never told me about you,” I say.
“Be strong, be brave, be happy?”
“What about that?”
“It was three—for all three of her children.”
I have to be in shock as my brain seems not to know what to do with all the information—process, filter, ponder.
“I don’t get it . . .”
“Rebecca was young. The love of her life left her. My adoptive mother promised her I would be taken care of.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be sorry for me. I survived. I was destined to be the strong one.”
He smiles at me, his entire posture speaking of strength borne out of hardship and survival. No wonder he isn’t afraid of anyone.
“This changes everything.”
“No. Your mother was the best version she could be to you. My feelings should never paint a different image of her.”
“It does. How could she let you go?”
“She did what she thought was the best.”
“But she found you, right?”
“By then, my path in life was set.”
“You’re my brother. Cameron and I have a brother.” My heart fills at once with warmth at this knowledge.
I can’t wait to share that with Cameron.
“My father was Ethan. Your husband’s father.”
Stunned, I can only blink.
“I was the product of their youth. The day they had the accident, they wanted me to meet you. I’m sorry it took me this long to find you. Cameron, with his yearly two flights to England, finally tipped me off.”
“You’re Kieran’s brother too?”
He nods. I grip his arm.
“You have to tell him. Please.”
He chuckles softly. “Not even two minutes as your brother, and you are already protecting me. It should be the other way around.”
I throw myself at him, wrapping my hands around him. His body relaxes more the longer we embrace, as if he’s not used to hugs.
“I’m so sorry. So, so sorry.”
