Page 149 of Filthy Savage

“Okay. Do I get a lolli?”

“Hmm, let’s see.” He digs in his briefcase to reveal a chocolate Tootsie Pop.

“Yummy!”

She finally lets me put her on the desk, and not even a minute later, it’s over.

Every cell in my body shudders. This is it. This is how I’ll finally know who Fia’s father truly is.

“I’ll inform Mr. Quinn that it was completed.”

He starts to walk out as I call out, “When will the results be ready?”

“No more than a few days.”

And with that, he disappears out the door and my heart races. Because for a moment, I realize that there’s a huge possibility that Fionn isn’t her biological father, and I very much want him to be.

Julius

Hey, I hope it’s okay that I texted. I was just thinking maybe I can buy you lunch one of these days so we can get to know each other. What do you say?

I stare at the text I just got from my half brother, not knowing how to answer him just yet.

I’ll definitely need to talk to Fionn about it before I decide if I want to meet with him. He didn’t seem all that pleased when Julius gave me his number, and after the way my so-called father acted, I understand why. But at the end of the day, it’s going to be my decision.

“Amara? You still there?” Lilith’s voice through the cell zaps me back to the conversation.

“Yeah, sorry. Uh, what were you saying?”

“I was just saying that I can’t believe your father is such a douche! How could he say all that to you?” she scoffs through the phone.

“I’m sorry, Amara.” Emily sighs. “I know how badly you wanted to find him, and to be disappointed like that after all this time…”

“It’s fine. I don’t care.”

But I do care. The hurt, it eats at me.

“Screw him!” Patricia adds. “He doesn’t deserve you.”

“Whenever Patricia curses, we know she means it.” Lilith laughs.

“If he doesn’t want to know me, then it’s his problem.”

“Exactly,” Emily adds. “And what about your half brother? Did you get any good vibes off of him?”

“I think so. He actually texted me a bit ago, asking to meet for lunch soon.”

“And will you go?”

“I don’t know. I haven’t talked to Fionn about it yet, but I think I want to.” My pulse jumps at the thought. “I’ve spent so long wondering about my father, and now I have a brother. I kinda want to know more about him and his life.”

“Then you should go.” Lilith sounds so sure, and it gives me the certainty I was wrestling with.

“So, how’s everything else been between you and Fionn?” Emily asks. “Are you happy?”

“What she means to ask is whether he’s giving you lots of orgasms, which last time I checked, he was.”

My face heats up while Lilith and Emily giggle.

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