Page 57 of Endgame

“Nothing,” she quickly replied. “You were drunk and came into my room by mistake and…um, passed out on my bed.”

“Is that it?”

She nodded, red-faced.

I sagged in relief. “I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.”

“Wow,” Six mused. “I think that’s the first time I’ve ever heard you say you’re sorry and mean it.”

“It happens,” I shot back with a smirk.

“I don’t want to be your enemy, Rourke,” she said with a heavy sigh.

“Then what do you want to be, Six?”

She opened her mouth and quickly shut it. Looking up at me with intense grey eyes, she whispered, “I…”

“What do you want to be, Six?” I repeated huskily.

She paused.

“I’m waiting.”

“For us to be friends, I guess.”

Well that’s too bad because I can’t just be your friend…

“There you both are!” Cassidy’s voice filled my ears and I balked. She shimmied out to the pool area with a huge smile on her face and my father’s hand in hers. “Hello Rourke,” she said with a smile. “Mercy. We have something really exciting to tell you both.”

“God no,” Six muttered under her breath. “Not more news.”

Stiffening, I took my glasses off. “What?”

“It’s twins!” Cassidy squealed, clapping like a damn seal. “We’ve just come back from the doctor’s office and he confirmed we’re having twins.”

“No!” Six and I both hissed at the same time before gaping at each other in horror.

I shook my head. “What the…”

“Actual fuck,” Six finished for me. “Mom, are you sure?”

“Yes! Look.Look.” Springing towards us, Cassidy handed her daughter a long strip of sonogram pictures. “See, there’s one. And there, see that little marking right there, that’s the other.”

I looked up at my father.

“Don’t say a word,” he warned, glaring back at me. “Not a single word, Rourke. I mean it.”

“The doctor says that’s why I was having those cramps,” Cassidy added with a dreamy sigh. “Two babies.”

“Congratulations,” Six strangled out, handing back the pictures to her mother. “You guys are going to have your hands full.”

Frowning, I watched as Six stood up and hurried into the house. I waited for Cassidy to go and check on her. She didn’t. “I’m so excited,” she gushed, claiming the lounger Six had vacated. “Oh Gabe, two beautiful babies.”

Biting my tongue, I stood up and walked into the house before I said something that got me kicked off the team permanently. Yeah, I might have the money, but until I came of age, my father held the power. Dick.

Mercedes

MY HANGOVER FROM HELL had been made fifty million times worse by my mother’s announcement.

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