Page 161 of Unwrapping Deviance

“What makes you think I can’t make them forget you? What makes you think you’re special? I can give them the one thing you can’t — their home back. I can make Jefferson their town again. They can visit their mom’s grave. I can make everything go away.”

“They don’t care about that. Not when they learn what you did to me.”

For a second, she actually seems confused. “How will they find out?” Her big, green eyes blink as if a realization just occurred to her. “Oh, sweetie, no. You think you’re going to survive this. That’s my fault. No, baby, I can’t get my boys back if you’re still around. You understand that, don’t you?”

“They’re not yours,” I bite out.

She’s not listening. “Once I get them back into my bed, they’ll see how good we are, and you’ll be a distant memory.”

“You’re forgetting something,” I mutter, weighing my words carefully so she doesn’t miss a thing. “They love me. They will never stop looking for me and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re at your house right now.”

I know I’ve hit a nerve when her sickly-sweet smile slips.

“You think I haven’t planned this out? I’ve been waiting for them to come back since before Ryan died. I mean, they would have to eventually. Ryan was bound to die the way he was drinking his liver into the ground. He said so himself one night while he had his dick in my ass—”

“You were fucking their dad?” I cut in, certain I heard wrong.

Lucy stares into me like I’m the crazy one. “Don’t slut shame me. It was an accident. I was leaving Christian’s room, and his dad was just waiting outside the door. He said he could make me scream louder than his worthless son. I was curious. And he did, in case you were wondering—”

“I wasn’t.”

She smirks. “Ryan was a dirty, dirty old man who used to watch me during cheer practice. I would make sure to bend over extra for him just to tease him. He’d punish me later in the most fucked up ways. I taught the boys a few of his tricks.”

“I don’t want to know!” I snap before she can indulge me.

Thankfully, she shrugs. “Anyway, one night while he had his dick in my ass, he asked if I wanted his sons still. I told him honestly I thought about it sometimes. Ryan knew everything. He didn’t care as long as he got a young piece of pussy. He mentioned that the only way those two were coming back was when he died because the house and everything was in their name, so they’d have to. You were a surprise. I wasn’t expecting them to come back with a whole child.”

“I’m almost nineteen,” I retort, though I know it’s none of her damn business.

“If things had gone differently, Danny and I would have had a daughter your age by now. I used to imagine us as a family with like twenty kids. He would make the best dad.”

“And Christian?”

“Danny’s much better looking. His babies would be gorgeous.”

“They’re identical twins,” I cry. “Literally the same DNA makeup.”

“Oh, there’s a difference, sweetie. Daniel is by far the better choice.”

“So, this plan of yours, you get them, then what? You hurt Christian all over again?”

“Of course not. I made that mistake and won’t make it again. If Danny wants to watch his brother cum in me, I’ll sacrifice through it.”

“It won’t work,” I tell her.

“Once I get Chris on my side, trust me, there is nothing Danny won’t do for his brother. And Chris will come running. He’s always been weak.” She reaches behind her and pulls her phone out of her back pocket. She checks the time and sighs. “I better go. I need to be home for when the boys arrive.” She stows the phone away and smiles at me like we just finished having a fun coffee date. “I can see why they like you so much. I’m really sorry things had to end this way, but I promise I’ll take much better care of them the second time around.”

“They’ll know you’re lying,” I blurt when she gets to her feet. “They’re not stupid. You won’t be able to lie to them.”

“Oh!” she gasps, hand going to her chest, expression twisting into one of distress. “She’s missing? No, I haven’t seen her at all. Well, we have to find her. Let me make some calls. We’ll rally the town and bring poor Mira home before dark. Don’t worry. We’ll find her.” She stops her weirdly convincing performance to smirk down at me. “How was that? I can be very convincing. I mean, you believed me.”

I blink. “What?”

Lucy just sneers down at me. “You really shouldn’t be this stupid or gullible.” She nods with a jerk of her head towards the drink still in my hand. “Drink. It’s going to be a long few days.”

I can’t think. I almost can’t move when she strolls towards the door.

“You lied?” I call after her, realizing that really isn’t the issue I should be concerned about, but needing to keep her talking so her brothers don’t come in.

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