But, no, my discomfort stems from something else this time. There’s an element of familiarity to these images.
Pale blond hair. Big, innocent blue eyes. A slightly crooked, mischievous smile.
Wait just one fucking second.
Evelyn.
Evie.
Evie.
No, it can’t be. How did I not see it before? How didn’t I recognize her at the club? All of these photos are of a child, and it definitely wasn’t a child I hooked up with.
Fuck, fuck. Fuck. My heart kicks into hyper speed. This…this is not good. “Not good” is an understatement; this is cataclysmically fucked up.
I have to get out of here. I have to fucking leave. I can’t stay here, I can’t even look Mark in the eyes. He’s going to kill me. I would deserve it. A hundred percent.
The other night, at Vice?
I fucked my step-brother’s daughter.
My legs are numb, but I force them to back up. I’ll simply leave the way I came, lock up, and disappear.
But then she steps into the hallway, and I’m struck all over again by those beautiful blue eyes.
* * *
Evelyn
My hard lemonade is empty, and that’s about all the progress I’ve made on anything in the past couple of hours. It turns out, it’s difficult to focus on a job search when nice music is playing and the pool water is perfectly cool against my heated skin.
I need another sunscreen application. I wrap a towel around myself so I don’t drip on Dad’s floors and head inside. One quick sunscreen application later, and I step out of the bathroom.
A man is standing in the hallway. I shriek and dart back into the bathroom where I slam the door shut and lock it, my heart thudding in alarm.
“Evelyn, it’s Lincoln,” the guy says.
Lincoln. My step-uncle.
“I thought you weren’t coming until tonight,” I say from behind the door.
“Sorry. I didn’t have your number to warn you that I finished up early.”
“Shit, you freaking scared me,” I say as I unlock the bathroom door and step back into the hallway.
I take one look at Lincoln, at his light brown eyes, that strong jaw, that sexy mouth, and I gasp.
“James?” Before he can correct me, I shake my head. “Lincoln James. James is your last name.”
He nods, an inscrutable expression on his face. A face that, four days ago, was buried in my pussy.
My face heats with embarrassment. This cannot be happening. All I can picture is those eyes locking on mine while his mouth works between my legs, where I’m completely naked before him, spread for his pleasure.
These are thoughts I should not be having about my step-uncle.
“What have we done?” I whisper.
He reaches over his shoulder to rub the back of his neck while he shakes his head. “I don’t fucking know.”