Chapter 91. Day Five: Omissions (2)

Aaron clasped his hands in front of him and stared down at the floor.

“Well this is new. Definitely haven’t had sex with my brother’s sister before,” he said, the ghost of a smile on his face.

She turned to him, crossed her legs and looked at him quizzically.

“That’s it? That’s all you’re going to say?” she asked.

Her eyes welled up. He drew closer, heard Grayson’s words echo in his mind. She kept the secret too. Kept Grayson from him too. Emily and Aaron had a history with secrets. Some pretty big ones. He couldn’t lie. This hurt. He asked for one thing. Just one thing. That she be straight with him.

“What else is there to say? The guy can’t stand me. Truth be told, I wish—”

“No, you don’t,” she said, laying her head down in his lap. “No one loves and welcomes people like you do. So no, you don’t wish you didn’t know. I’m sorry I wasn’t the one to tell you.”

He raised a hand and slowly combed his fingers through her long, strawberry blonde