Page 99 of Unexpectedly In Love

“I wiped my sister’s tears as she cried over you. You can do suck and choke on a small dick for all I care.” With the blade she motions for me to leave.

“I love her,” I state as I walk toward her slowly.

“I know, but she doesn’t know that. Because you never said it,” she shouts.

I grimace at her word selection, but I move on. “I need your help. I want my family back.”

She laughs. “Get out and don’t come back.”

“Cassia, Cid misses you.” Cid was my only ticket out of this. Her lips shake. I see a crack in her tough-girl persona.

“Get out, ERYX!” she cries.

“I was wrong, and I intend on making up for that for the rest of my life. But, fuck, Cassia I love your sister, and I miss my son. Please, I just need three minutes,” I plead.

“To the left, Eryx,” she states. I have no idea what that means, but I need another way to get to see Anise.

As I pass near the door she says, “We are having a surprise brunch at my mom’s tomorrow at 10 am. Do with that as you may.”

I stop nodding, feeling some relief as I pass through the door.

“Tell stutter boy I miss his dick,” Cassia sighs.

Before I could respond, the door slammed in my face. She is calling Cid…Stutter Boy? The women in this family…I swear.

Brunch at her mom’s, I pull out my phone and dial Kyros. “I need you to help me make some plans.”

ANISE

“Ifeel like we should have called before we came,” I mutter. Reluctantly, I march behind my three sisters. Sage is leading the way.

“No, because she hasn’t even come to see Soleil yet.” Sage pulls out a bunch of keys from her pocket, while she balances two casserole Pyrex dishes.

“At least knock,” Rosemary whispers.

Cassia sits on the white rocking chair, one of the many on mom’s wide veranda. I loved growing up in this house. It is simple, but it oozes charm. From the exposed rafters and beams to the stone and the natural wood. This house just speaks of comfort.

As Sage jostles the door open, we all walk into the kitchen.

“Mom, where are you?” Sage shouts my sister was clearly on a mission.

“She may be in the back bedroom,” I reply. God, this mac and cheese is heavy. I place it on the counter.

“I don’t think ma is home?” Cassia says, while lying down on the cream sofa.

Sage marches to the back bedroom and we all follow behind. As Sage reaches the door we hear a painful moan. “Oh, Lord have mercy.”

Rosemary pushes past Sage and opens the door. “Mama, are you okay?”

We are shell shocked to see Mom in her white bra doing the nasty with a stranger in bed.

Sage screams and runs back to the living. “My eyes, my eyes.”

Rosemary nods and calmly walks away. Cassia stands next to me with a smirk on her face and my jaw is on the floor.

“Could you two little perverts close my damn door,” my mom shouts.

Cassia calmly pulls the door close, and we both walk back to the kitchen.

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