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“Shit,” Country cursed.
“When he tried to shove,” I faltered, “I was too small, Spook. He used his fingers and ruined me as a little girl.”
Country stood as I began to weep, holding onto me as if he could take away every ounce of pain I carried. My arms and legs wrapped around him tight as the sobs shook my body so hard my teeth rattled.
I heard a slight noise and lifted my head, tears streaming down my cheeks as I saw Micah on his knees in my doorway, horror etched into his features.
“Heath,” he choked.
Country released me as I ran to my cousin, hating that he learned that information about me when I had been able to hide it for so long.
Micah caught me, holding my head against his chest as he stood and gulped air into his lungs. “Fuck. FUCK!”
“It’s okay, Micah.” I couldn’t help hiccupping and sniffling.
“The fuck it is,” he growled.
Country cleared his throat. “I should give you some p-privacy.”
I pulled away from my cousin. “No. I want you here. Please. Stay.”
“Anything you need.”
I grabbed Micah’s hand and pulled the door shut. He must have popped in to say hi and stumbled upon our conversation. What a rotten time to check-in.
I led Micah to my bed and sat down, holding out my hand for Country. He took it without hesitation. My guys took a seat on either side of me, sinking onto the mattress as the truth wove a web around us, the secret a burden I no longer carried alone. I shared it now with a cousin I loved as a brother and a young man my heart had latched onto with a ferocity I was only beginning to fathom.
“I’m not a statistic. I’ll get through this.”
“You’re a fucking Sturges. We get through it together,” Micah promised.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Country added.
The funny thing about trauma? It resurrected without notice as a vicious, bloodthirsty beast threatening to consume you whole.
I didn’t have a clue how to put this monster down for good.
