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Alyssa blinked a few times in surprise “Talk to me about? Like what?”

“Like your mother”

Those three little words brought a thick and aard silence I quickly gathered ive theical mother was a painful subject that she rarely talked about with her father They normally pretended that she didn’t exist, just like the way she’d done with them for a majority of Alyssa’s life

“I’ll give you both so bags down on the floor “I’ll be in the guest room”

“You can stay here,” Alyssa said “You don’t have to leave us alone”

I caught Gabriel’s troubled stare over the top of Alyssa’s head “It’s okay Your dad wants to talk to you”

A frown tugged at Alyssa’s lanced over at Gabriel, who turned around to gaze out the s again

“What’s going on?” she asked “What’s wrong with the both of you?”

“Nothing is wrong,” I said hurriedly “Coet some coffee later”

I walked down the hallway in the direction of the guest rooainst the door withbreath

“Holy fucking shit,” I gasped “What the hell is happening?”

I ran a treh my hair, and I walked across the roo on it I sucked in a deep breath as I tried to keep control overheart If I hadn’t pulled away, there was no doubt ould’ve happened with Gabriel Neither one of us seeh we knew it couldn’t happen

It couldn’t happen At all This sort of thing would destroy Alyssa in the process if she knew that I had nearly let things go too far between her father and hs was almost unbearable

I slid my hand down over my flat belly and under the thin fabric of htly and partedthe thick wetness at er into ined it was Gabriel’s thick me out and spreading my juices over my swollen clit I rubbedmy lip so I didn’t screa to slowback to normal Now that I had relieved the ache, I felt confident that I could avoid Gabriel and any more aard situations

The door to my bedroo through ht of the pale look on Alyssa’s face, and a stab of fear went straight through e of my bed with a numb expression on her face