Page 30 of Stepbrothers with Benefits
“She had another one?”
“No, that’s Moira’s kid. She had him with Jace when they dated like...a decade ago or whatever. Didn’t tell him about that until recently, which was a big blow for him, I’m sure, finding out you’ve got a kid you never knew about. You kinda know what that’s like, I guess.”
“Some of it, but not...anyway, go ahead.”
“Anyway, so Jace popped back up last year, madder than hell at Mason?—”
“Why?”
“I don’t know, those two have had a hate boner for each other since school, and I guess something made Jace wanna start it up all over again. Well, the joke was on him because now he’s trying to be a good dad,andhe’s currently shacked up with Mason.”
Marshall took a moment with that one. “Okay, so...Jace was with Moira, but hated Mason.”
“Yes.”
“Showed back up last year to find out he had a kid with Moira...and is now hooking up with her twin brother?”
“Dating, not hooking up.”
“Right. Dating...his son’s uncle...who he used to hate.”
“Yep and yep!”
“How does that work?”
“A lot of bickering, arguing, and making up in supply closets.”
Marshall thought about that for a moment before letting out a sigh, chuckling as he shook his head. “So what you’re telling me is Marty managed to produce one straight child?”
“Nah, Moira and Mason are both bi; I’m the only one who ended up on this side of the fence,” I said with a snort. “Not that Mom cares about that sort of thing. I think she’s a little confused by Mason and Jace, but she’s been confused by my bullshit for years, so she’s had plenty of practice.”
“I wouldn’t expect her to care,” he said with a small smile. “I only knew her for a few days, but she wasn’t one to get hung up on that sort of thing.”
I cocked my head. “Few days? I thought it was a one-night thing.”
“Uhh...extended weekend?”
“Wow, alright. Considering I was the result of that, I have a good idea what happened, a lot, during that extended weekend.”
“Sorry for that mental image.”
I grinned. “Nah, I don’t get hung up on that kind of shit. I mean, obviously my mom’s had sex; I’m here, aren’t I? Moira and Mason too. Ineverwant to know details, but I’m glad my mom has had her fun, and I hope she and Marcus are still having fun.”
“That’s...quite open-minded for what...a twenty-four-year-old?”
I grinned. “I’m the baby of the family, and Mom was never one for shielding her kids from the world. So I got used to that sort of thing.”
He blinked. “Used to how?”
“Oh,” I said, the implications only then striking me, and I winced. “I didn’t like...see stuff I shouldn’t or whatever, and there was zero bad touching, no bad touching.”
“Right, no bad touching,” he said, the corner of his mouth twitching.
“But you know, when you’ve got several siblings old enough to be interested in...well, Mason was interested in girls initially, not quite sure when he figured out the boy thing. Moira never really came out; she had a girlfriend after her and Jace broke up. Dom has only dated girls, but man, he gives off a vibe that makes me wonder if there’s a potential for the love of dick somewhere in there, don’t ask me how I know. And Arlo? Arlo is...well, he’s Arlo. Mom says he’ll find someone when he’s ready, but he doesn’t seem interested. Man’s older than me and doesn’t show any interest in dating. But I mean, considering the track record of the rest of us, maybe he’s ahead of the curve and we just haven’t figured it out yet.”
“Eli.”
“Huh?”
