He had fought desperately to not tell me about the trial and his issues with my father, to once again protect me but I had forced his hand. I also had no doubt that with this turn of events my brother saw his chances with me growing more and more fleeting. Whether that was true or not I wasn't sure, but looking back down at the folder I realized that those pictures were the exact thing that I had always worried about when thinking of the two of us as anything more than siblings with benefits; getting caught.

With a start, I became aware of my hand reaching for the...