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“You’ve got Mom’s attitude. She didn’t like to be ignored either,” Miles said.

What did he mean by that?

“What do you mean?” Daddy asked.

“I’ve been looking for you for a long time and I’ve finally found you,” Miles smiled. “Hello, baby sister, I’m your older brother, Miles.”

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

MONROE

Her grip tightened around her Daddy’s arm as Monroe stared at Miles in shock. What he said couldn’t be possible. She didn’t have any siblings.

Her mind whirled as she thought about it. Could he really be her sibling? Hope began to fill her, but she quickly squashed it down. It simply wasn’t possible. Every foster care agent she had asked told her she didn’t have any living relatives.

“How?” she asked. “I don’t understand. My parents died right after I was born and I went into foster care.”

Miles stared at her and nodded his head. What did that mean?

“They told me I didn’t have any siblings,” she said again. “They promised me I didn’t have anyone else in my family.”

This had to be some cruel joke he was playing.

“I promise I’m your brother,” he said.

“No, this doesn’t make any sense. Why would they lie to me? Why?” she asked. “This is a cruel joke to play on someone who’s always wanted a family. Please, just stop.”

Tears welled up in her eyes as she continued to think about this. She had always wanted a family and the thought of having a long lost brother filled a hope inside her she didn’t want.

“I promise I’m telling the truth. We can do a DNA test if you want. I know a doctor with all the right equipment to do it that I can call right now,” he said. “I promise I’m not playing a cruel joke on you. I would never do that to my baby sister.”

“Why now?” she whispered.

She was twenty-seven years old. Why had it taken him twenty-seven years to do this? He told her they could do a DNA test which made it seem like they were actually siblings, but what if he was wrong?

What if he thought she was someone else? She didn’t want to get her hopes up on this. Everything in her wanted to believe him and what he was saying, but part of her didn’t want to get hurt in the process.

She would be devastated if she put both feet in and trusted him, only for it to be false and Miles not be her brother.

When she looked at him, she could see some of the similarities between them, but she could point out some similarities between her and her high school boyfriend. It didn’t mean much.

“Why are you just now getting in contact with me?” she asked, getting a little impatient.

Daddy’s hand gripped her knee and squeezed. She looked up at him and he arched his eyebrow.

“Little Bunny, patience,” he said. “If you can’t, then you’ll end up over my lap. We don’t get rude.”

She nodded her head and looked back at Miles. He had a fond smile on his face.

“It was hard finding you,” he said. “I’m going to start from the beginning so you can know everything. I don’t want to hide anything from you. Is that alright?”

“Yes,” she whispered.

After getting the little lecture from her Daddy, she felt bad that she was getting impatient. She just wanted to know why he waited so long to find her.

“Sorry for being rude,” she said, looking in his eyes.

“It’s okay. I forgive you,” he replied.

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