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Cindy
Itracemyfingerover the trail of tattooed dandelion seeds blowing across my arm as Jeff drives. Throwing caution to the wind was tonight’s plan. Would it feel this dangerous if complete strangers bought me? How ironic is that concern?
Uncertainty swallows me as we walk into the house.
“I won,” Adrian proclaims the second he sees me.
“Fuck off.” Jeff recognizes something in the statement that I’m not aware of.
“So what was it? You weren’t smooth enough to convince sis that you want to breed her?”
Breed? The word freezes the blood in my veins. Is this one of those brotherly razzings?
The more nanoseconds my brain has to process what he said, the more confusing reactions I identify in my body.
My lips part as if I’m panting for my brothers. I close my mouth.
My legs threaten to give out as if I want my brothers to catch me. I set a hand on the counter to steady myself.
My eyes are drawn to Adrian’s parts that breed as if… I force my attention to the signed photograph of Wayne Gretzky, one of many pieces of sports memorabilia my brothers have amassed.
Ballz enters, breaking my line of sight to the photo. I can’t bring myself to look at any of them until I understand if Jeff or any of them really want to breed me. I’m afraid they’ll be able to tell how much that turns me on. The tingling between my legs and the ache in my core threaten to betray me.
I spy my phone on the counter. Since when am I so distracted I lose track of my phone?
The only thing that’s certain to me right now is that I absolutely cannot have sex with my stepbrothers. Even thinking about it makes me crazy.
“Real cool, Adrian,” Jeff says.
It’s unclear to me if his sarcasm is rooted in being annoyed that Adrian totally made the breeding thing up, or that Adrian spoke a truth that was meant to be private.
Adrian is unfazed. “I didn’t believe for a second you planned on taking her straight home. My bet was you’d kick off a date and end up back here.”
Ballz says, “I was with him on the date, but I didn’t think we’d see either of you again tonight. What’s your plan?”
“We’re back because we’re starting tonight.”
“That’s what I’m talking about.” Ballz fist pumps and steps close. “Let’s get this party started. I could whip up something to eat, grill something if you’re into thatmen playing with firething. Or just Netflix and chill.” He rubs his hands together. “I’m ready.”
Jeff shoves him back a step. “Ground rules first.” He steps to a huge whiteboard on their living room wall. Tape has been applied to make it look like a hockey arena. Ballz erases the X’s and arrows.
Eat, sleep, hockey.It’s been their mantra since as far back as I can remember.
Ballz has a dry erase marker in the hand that’s not erasing. “All right. I know my sis loves some rules. What’s first?”
My rules? I thought Jeff was going to make them. They’re staring at me. I’ll start with the simple stuff we sort of established already. “Number one: nothing in public.”
Ballz writes it on the board.
Adrian points a finger at the whiteboard. “Can you define public?”
“Public is public,” Jeff says, “This isn’t a fucking vocabulary lesson. Just keep it in the house.”
“We’re under house arrest for dating? Can’t we at least go on the porch or in the yard?”
“For fuck’s sake, since when are you a stickler for rules?” Jeff closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before continuing calmer. “Keep it away from the perimeter of the property. Nothing visible to anyone outside of the four of us.”
