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Lyra seems cool too.

And Callum…I don’t know what things are like between him and I. We haven’t had a chance to speak properly yet.

“My brother’s seeing my Dad.” My sister suddenly breathes out before she bursts into a fit of giggles. “It sounds so wrong, Benji.”

“We’re not…we’re not seeing each other, Delilah. We’ve only been on one date together, and that was before everything went down.”

She wraps her arm around mine as she shakes her head, a small smile playing on her lips.

“You boys can be so silly sometimes, Benji. You told me he’d seen you a couple of times before asking you out, then the two of you went on a date together. He invited both of us to his home, and he’s said he’ll support us both if you want to quit. Come on, Benjamin, you don’t think that he’s doing all of this because he doesn’tnotlike you, do you?”

My throat becomes dry as I listen to her speak.

Shrugging my shoulders, I reply.

“I don’t know, Delilah. He could have said that because you’re his daughter, and I’m your brother.”

She gives me a pointed look as she stares up at me.

“You’re also the guy he’s been seeing, and the guy he asked out on a date. I wouldn’t be so sure about what you're saying, Benji.”

Curling my bottom lip between my teeth, I wonder whether she could be right. And if she is, would it be a bad thing for Callum and I to continue seeing each other?

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Callum

“What do you want to know, pumpkin?”

I ask my daughter as we step into my bedroom.

My heart is racing, and I feel breathless all of a sudden. Deep down, I always knew that one day, I would need to answer my daughter, but I didn’t ever think that it would ever be like this.

Lyra doesn’t hesitate to answer, crossing her arms over her chest as she speaks.

“Everything, Dad. There’s so many things I want to know.”

I smile softly at my daughter.

“There’s almost sixteen years worth of things to tell you. Where should I start?”

“Considering you’ve told me that she’s my sister, I have to ask whether he’s my brother. Delilah says he has a different father, but I need to know. How many children have you been hiding from me?”

I shake my head as she finishes speaking.

“He’s not your brother, Lyra. No, he’s not. In fact, he’s the child your mother had prior to our marriage, and apart from yourself and Delilah, there’s no more of mine. I had no idea she existed until yesterday. You have to believe me when I say that, pumpkin.”

She tips her head up at me, blinking a couple of times before she finally answers me.

“Why did you go to see her yesterday? Why now?”

There’s a pause between us as I look for the right words to say. How do I even begin to explain it? As far as she knew, her mother had walked out on us, and that was it. It wouldn’t make sense for me to see her mother after everything I had told her growing up.

“You’re married now, and although you’ll always be my little girl, you’re no longer a child. I’ve updated her about you throughout your entire childhood, but I can’t any longer.” I look over at my daughter who stares at me with a dip between her eyebrows and her bottom lip curled between her teeth. “I know it might sound silly now, but I always thought if I updated her about you, she might have come back. She might have realised she made a mistake by leaving you. I thought if I told her enough, she would return, and you would have your mother again.”

Though I know she doesn’t understand it, Lyra nods her head as she drops her arms to her side. She releases her lip from between her teeth, and as she speaks, her voice shakes slightly.

“Do you feel anything for her? For my mother?”

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