Page 24 of See You Next Winter
“What the fuck are you playing at? How could you do this to me? To her?”
“I’m falling in love with her, and trust me, I know it’s fucking crazy.”
“Damn right it’s crazy. How is this gonna work? You don’t live anywhere near her and long distance is a fucking nightmare.”
“We haven’t really had that conversation yet, so I don’t know. Maybe I’ll move to London or something.”
“You just met her! What about all the other women you fuck for your content?”
“Fuck’s sake, man. That’s not what my work is.”
I know enough to know he’s into all kinds of shit. The one time curiosity got the better of me, I found a post about fucking somewoman in a club bathroom, and another about letting a woman use her toys on him.
Sometimes he gets approached by women when we go out, and he has fans all over the world who’d be willing to drop to their knees and suck his dick in a heartbeat.
How he can be that way with anyone he meets is beyond me. I have no trouble meeting women either, but when things go further, I get too in my head. All I can picture is her. I’ve only ever had that connection with Kayla, and it pisses me off Cam can fuck around with anyone, with zero consequences.
“My fucking sister!”
“We haven’t done anything she hasn’t been 100% OK with, Ryan. You know I’m not like that. What are you actually mad about? Is it Kayla?”
“Oh, fuck off.”
The balcony floor is wet and freezing, and I hop from one foot to the other until Dad lets us back inside. Hannah looks upset, Mum looks furious, but I ignore them all and storm upstairs to my room.
Cameron asked me about her on the flight over, and I explicitly told him not to hit on her. Hannah doesn’t fuck around like this. How did this even happen?
My head is still swimming when she comes to clear the air. It turns out she already knew about Cameron’s alter-ego, and this whole thing has taken them by surprise too. She rips me a new one for acting like a dick and makes it clear I don’t need to fight battles for her.
She might not be a teenager anymore, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have her best interests at heart. The thought of them together is stressing me out, but I trust her judgement, and if Hannah says she’s OK, I have no choice but to believe her.
Plus, Cameron is my roommate and my ticket home. It’s not like I can kick him out of here and never speak to him again.
Once I've had enough of sulking in my room, I find them all downstairs drinking Dad’s special hot chocolate, clearly avoiding the subject of what just went down.
“You wanna go to Rico’s?” I grunt in Cameron’s general direction.
He finishes his drink and thanks my dad before getting up. “I’ll grab the sledges.”
Hannah offers me a grateful smile, but Cameron’s not the only one I need to make it up to.
“You’re coming too, sis.”
Chapter 19
Ryan
While my sister getsdrinks at the bar, Cameron tries to smooth things over, telling me the same story Hannah told me at the house.
I’m in no mood to hear it, but I am surprised to learn she told him all about the exes who treated her like shit. She’s had a hard time trusting anyone since they fucked her over, so that must count for something good.
We probably have a lot more to talk about before I can get cool with this, and I have no idea how it will play out long term, but it’s a start. My sister means the world to me, but I don’t want to lose his friendship either.
“Look who I found,” Hannah says, returning with Kayla by her side. She’s still in her ski gear after a day of lessons, but she looks gorgeous as ever.
Unlike the four tequila shots in her hands.
“Let’s celebrate you two being out in the open, shall we?” she says, setting them on the table and hopping up onto the barstool next to me.
