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“We have to tell Gabe and Ember,” I said. “And your sister will be sharing a beach house with us
in two days.”
He didn’t say anything to that for so long that I expected him not to reply to it at all.
Sitting up, I wiped my eyes and tried to get control of myself.
“I want to wait until I can tell Gabe and Ember first.” He paused. “My mom and dad.”
I felt my heart kick at his words.
“Cora we can tell,” he said. “But we’ll have to tell her and ask her to keep quiet until we get
home. I just… I need time. I need to think about it. And I know that I’m not going to be able to stay away from you like a man who’s not dating you should.”
I completely understood.
“I turned over Malachi’s credentials,” he said. “They gave me a military ID. I should be able to
get everything that I need with it from there. But I couldn’t keep using Malachi’s life.”
I opened my mouth to say something, but he continued.
“They did a DNA test. I’m really me.”
That was nice.
But I didn’t need a DNA test to tell me what was in my heart.
Chapter 11
The boobs are real. The smile is fake.
-Frankie’s secret thoughts
Frankie
I was doing pretty well, considering.
“Have you ever ridden in a helicopter before?” I asked curiously, watching him as if he was on
auto-pilot, putting clasps into the buckles and tightening me into the seat.
“I think so,” he said. “I’m doing things that I probably wouldn’t know how to do otherwise.”
That made sense.
What also made sense was nothing.
Nothing made sense anymore.
I was an emotional mess.
They did a DNA test. I’m really me.
His words from earlier were the last ones that he’d spoken to me in over an hour. Until I’d asked
him if he’d ridden in a helicopter before.
