~~~ The Book Store ~~~

I picked up my books for my classes. Melli rode with me. The community college wasn't that far from where I was going, and she was still my little shadow - now with benefits. I was still acclimating to the idea that my sister wanted a baby from me. It hadn't been in her follow-up dialogue, but she had originally said that she wanted everything that Jeni had been promised.

I found it easier and easier to greet my sibling with a hug and a kiss. In the truck, she was like a second skin - pressing her lithe frame up against my side and...