Page 30 of The Pacifist
The Theme Park
Jonah
I regretted taking Mila to Nostalgia Park the moment I saw Cole’s eyes light up when he saw her.
Mila was sweet by nature and I couldn’t blame my brother for being charmed by her beauty and those incredible dimples that came out whenever she smiled.
“How long have you been in the Motherlands?” Cole asked while he and I were giving her a tour of the park.
“Two days,” Mila replied from the back of my hoverbike.
“You have to come back when it’s summer and everything is open. This place is pure magic when it’s up and running.”
“I heard.” Mila’s easy laughter was melodic. “Hunter told me all about it. His favorite part was the antique dirt bikes.”
Cole laughed. “That’s surprising since he took a pretty bad fall and got covered in mud.”
“He left out that part and just said that he had a great time here.”
Cole smiled. “Did he tell you about the sex club?”
I tensed up. “Look ahead, Mila, that’s the Renaissance Castle I was talking about.”
“Wow, that’s gorgeous.”
But Cole wasn’t as easy to distract as Mila, and he repeated, “Did Hunter tell you about the time I took him to our sex club?”
“Yes, he did. He said there was an overwhelming number of women compared to men.”
“That’s true.” Cole gave her another cheeky smile. “But if you want to go, I’m happy to take you there and I will devote my entire evening to you.” Throwing a nod toward the castle, he laughed. “My specialty is role-playing. Maybe you want to be with a knight in shining armor for a night?”
“Mila is more into large-muscled Nmen.” My tone was dry.
“Oh, not a problem. I can be dominant for a night.”
“She’s not having sex with you.” I sped up to get away from him, but my brother wasn’t that easy to shake off.
“Since when did you become her spokesperson?”
“I’m not.”
“Listen, Mila, just because Jonah has chosen celibacy doesn’t mean the rest of us have to. I’m serious, I would totally have sex with you if you want to.”
With Mila sitting behind me on the bike, I couldn’t see her face when she answered him, “Thank you. That’s very generous of you, but I’m good.”
“All right, but if you change your mind, let me know.” Cole grinned and looked up, shielding his eyes to see a drone coming in at high speed. “Look who decided to join our party early.”
By the time we made it back to the main house of our family unit, my sister, Emanuela, and her husband, Hunter, were already inside chatting with our mother.
“That was a quick tour.” My mom gave Cole a questioning look.
“We saw the two superstars coming in.” His tone was teasing as he lifted Emanuela in a hug while I received one of Hunter’s manly hugs with a big smack on my shoulder.
“How are you doing, Councilman? Are you holding up against all the women?”
“I’m more than holding up, I’m very close to getting my proposal on speed limits through. You know, the one I told you about?”
Hunter gave me another hard slap on my back. “I’m impressed. I didn’t think they would listen to you.”
