Page 61 of Legacy

“Of course, his name was Bradley. Fuck him. He better be in jail or something?”

I shook my head. “No, his friends took him away, and I’m pretty sure they aren’t friends with him anymore, at least from what I heard. Bradley got the shit beat out of him, and we didn’t want charges to be put on Callum because that seemed like what the little twerp would do. Everything just got pushed away, and I didn’t think about it.”

“That sounds terrifying.”

“It was at the time, but Callum picked me up and carried me to the car, and I knew I was safe.”

“Aww. That’s so sweet.”

“And I already had a crush on him. I mean, I have since I was out of high school. A hardcore crush. And it just kept evolving.”

“And then he ate you out on your kitchen counter to break the house in. I mean, that’s one way for a crush to go.”

“Of course, when he kissed me two years ago, too, that sort of surprised me.”

“What?” Keely exclaimed. “When did this happen?”

“The next morning. He came to check on me, and we sort of growled at each other because I was scared and pissed off, and he kept treating me like a kid. I’m not a kid. I might be younger than him, but I’m not ridiculously younger. My frontal lobe is developed, I can make my own choices, and well, one thing led to another, and I sort of kissed him.”

“Damn, Felicity. Go you.”

“It didn’t feel like a go-me at the time. I knew I was making a mistake as soon as I did it, but then he gripped my ponytail, and well, it was the hottest kiss I’d ever had in my life. Until yesterday.”

“Wow. I mean, just looking at him, he does have that growly dominant thing going on, but wow.”

“You have no idea.”

Keely visibly shivered and grinned at me. “So, is anything going to happen? I mean, are you going to tell your brothers? Because I don’t know, that seems like a recipe for disaster if you don’t.”

“I don’t even know if anything’s happening. He just walked out, and I think it’s going to be the only time. But what the hell? That was more than just an accidental kiss.”

“Yes, because he just tripped, and his face fell into your vagina.”

I burst out laughing. “Oh, yes, that’s exactly what happened.”

“Just don’t use that excuse if your brothers ask.”

I groaned into my hands. “Oh my God. I can never tell them.”

“Keeping secrets only makes things worse later. You might want to figure out what the hell you and Callum are doing and make sure that your brothers aren’t surprised later. Because they are best friends with Callum, and they treat you like you’re a precious little princess. All of them do.” She paused. “Okay, Callum didn’t treat you like a precious little princess when he had his hand around your throat, making out with you, but I digress.”

My lips twitch. “No, I wasn’t a precious little princess then.” I let out a breath. “This is all so messy.”

“Small town life. Who knew it would be this kind of messy?”

“I’m just so confused. And now I have to have family dinner and have to act as if nothing has changed.”

“Like I said. Messy. But I promise I won’t say a thing. Not that I have many people to tell.”

“You’re making friends. Just like I am. Albeit slowly.”

“You have the luxury of being the small-town girl who came home.”

“And I’m also the baby sister of the Carter brothers. Meaning, I’ll always be that little princess.”

Or little flower when it came to Callum. I held back a shudder at that thought.

“Okay, that is true. But I’m the new girl. The random transplant who came to a small town that she didn’t know and nobody knows anything about.”