Elowen

“Are you kidding me right now, Elowen?” Isa asked enthusiastically—too enthusiastically.

The bed squeaked as I plopped on my stomach and sighed into the phone. “Yes, he is my stepbrother.”

I jerked my phone out of my ear as her scream nearly made me deaf.

“Do you know what this means?!”

“No?” I meticulously brought my phone back to my ear, praying that she wouldn’t scream again.

“It means that you can finally finish what you guys started.”

I frowned. “What did we—”

“Oh, don’t play dumb with me, Elowen. We are way passed that.” She paused before continuing. “I mean, you can finally make out with the world’s...