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I turn back to Rose, she’s turned around, ready to leave. She can’t though, because Samuel is right behind her and when he sees Nathan in the house, he puts an arm out, stopping her in her tracks.
“Fuck,” he mumbles and catches Rose by the waist.
I take a step back trying to take in the scene as Samuel lifts her and brings her back into the house. He slams the door behind him.
“No, no, no,” she panics but Samuel doesn’t budge. “Put me down!”
I turn to Nathan who’s looking at the scene with a mocking smile on his face. He crosses his arms across his button-down-clad chest as he watches Samuel putting Rose back down and spinning her around so she’s facing us. He puts his hands hard on her shoulders, grounding her on the spot.
“What the hell,” I say to Nathan. “What is happening?”
I’ve never been so confused in my life. Nathan ignores me and slowly walks to Rose. She’s not even trying to escape anymore. She’s just shaking like a leaf, incredulity like a shadow on her pupils.
“That’s impossible,” she keeps whispering on repeat. “Impossible, y-you’re–”
“Dead?” he cuts her off. “I missed you too.”
He reaches her, taller than her despite her height and she seems to shrink under his gaze. He looks above her at Samuel with a lopsided smile.
“You dating my little sister now or something? You think I’d let you do that?”
“Your what?” I choke as a wave of shock washes over me.
They both ignore me and Samuel chuckles at him. “Mate, let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. I know how protective you Whites are.”
“Fuck,” Nathan curses. “I really didn’t plan on seeing Jake yesterday,” he says to Rose. “He caught me off guard. Now I can’t make a dramatic entrance, I had to rush this before he spilled my little secret.”
Rose doesn’t reply. She’s clearly too busy trying to breathe properly and failing miserably.
“Is anyone going to tell me what the hell is going on?” I question angrily.
I already know none of this is good, but I can’t get my head around it all. Nathan turns to me as if just remembering I existed.
“‘Me, I’m so sorry. This wasn’t meant to happen. At least not here and not now. I was planning a big family reunion or something.”
“Family reunion?” I ask, completely lost.
“Hey Ozy, you know my girlfriend Jamie, right? She goes to Stoneview Prep with you.”
Ozy that’s the nickname Jake usually uses for Rose. Still, my brain completely refuses to put two and two together.
“I’m sorry, beautiful,” he says to me. “I was truly going to explain everything. It just wasn’t the right moment.”
“Explain what?” I growl.
“Did she never mention me?” He turns to Rose again. “Do you not mention your older brother to anyone?” His gaze is back on me and I shake my head no.
“Right, she hasn’t. That’s probably because she thought I was dead.” He turns back to her, his cold gaze staring daggers at her.
Rose is shaking her head, she still can’t believe what she’s seeing. I can see tears building in her eyes but not one falls.
“You did, didn’t you? Because you never miss.”
He suddenly grabs her jaw with a strong hand and I’ve never seen her look so small. She whimpers at his grasp, incapable of moving, frozen in place.
“Nathan,” I shout. “What the hell are you doing? Calm down!”
He turns to me without letting go. “Jamie, I love you but when it comes to my siblings, you don’t get a say.”
