“See… I knew she wasn’t a brother fucker,” Beth says.
“Jesus, Beth,” I sigh.
“Sorry,” she laughs.
“When was I adopted and why the fuck did you lie to me?”
“I want you to remember that you still had sex with somebody that you thought was your brother,” Mom snaps.
“I don’t really give a fuck about that right now. You lied to me for twenty-one fucking years. You had every opportunity to tell me.”
“The truth is, you are my best friend’s daughter. She got into a car wreck and died later in the hospital. I was given custody of you when you were three months old. Before she went unconscious, I think she knew she was gonna die, and she asked me to raise you like my own, so I did. I thought I was doing the right thing,” she says tearfully. “I know of her family history. They made sure that I knew in case something came up.”
“And you kept me away from them? Not only did they lose their daughter, sister, and friend. Whatever. But they also lost her daughter?”
“Most of them respected that she wanted me to raise you like my own,” she says.
“That doesn’t mean isolate me,” I snap.
“Can we get back to you being pregnant?” Dad asks. “How did this start?”
“On Halloween, when he got back, we both went to a masked party and didn’t recognize one another… and you can figure out the rest,” I say. “We just… kept doing it. I’m on birth control, so I didn’t think anything was that big of a deal in that regard.”
“God, when we got home and you were in your room. He was in there, wasn’t he?” Dad asks.
“Yeah,” I say and Mom chuckles. “Honestly guys… you two have always been attached to the hip. Even with the age difference, you’ve always been glued to each other. It’s not really surprising, although I think the pregnancy is the most surprising part.”
“So…” Beth says. “She’s not carrying an inbred baby?”
“Beth,” I sigh and she laughs.
“No,” Mom says. “Do you two plan on raising this baby together?”
“Yes,” Cory says. “We’ve been talking about moving…”
“I was going to say,” Mom sighs.
“What? If you move, I’m coming with you,” Beth frowns.
“We are legally siblings. If someone wanted to make a big deal out of it, they probably could. If we moved to New Jersey or Rhode Island, we wouldn’t have an issue. If we chose New Jersey… There is a CEO position of a tech company and their board wants Cory.”
“Well, I guess I’m moving to New Jersey with you guys,” Beth shrugs.
“We can try to see if we can get the adoption revoked possibly. That will allow you all to live a little bit more normal of a life,” Mom says.
Cory hugs me tight and whispers in my ear “I guess I should start calling you little mama when I’m inside you.”
“I’m definitely calling you Daddy now,” I reply softly. Cory pulls back and kisses me in front of everyone. They all disappear as I melt into him.
They say that sometimes life throws you a curve ball but they failed to tell me was that sometimes the ball is made out of explosives. We narrowly escaped a difficult situation. All in all, I don’t regret what we did. The best thing I ever did was to fall in love with my brother.
Chapter two
The Hunting Games
Primal Play
It’s a beautiful summernight in Western North Carolina. I’m sitting around a bonfire with some friends, watching them do shots. Part of me is envious of their free spirits. I was raised in a strict religious household, so I was extremely sheltered. I was homeschooled through high school. I’m pretty sure my mom would have tried to homeschool me for college if that was a thing. They were devastated when I left for college.