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I recognized the coat she wore. It was mine. Pink. Puffy. She’d been in my apartment. Usually, her hair was long, but she’d cut it to chin length to match mine. So we looked the same.
Because while we weren’t just twins, we were monozygotic twins, meaning we had shared DNA and lookedveryidentical. No one growing up, including our parents, could tell us apart.
“My time’s important, too, you know,” she snapped.
There was the Missy I knew. Egotistical. Like everything had to revolve around her.
“There was a car accident. Lots of people hurt,” I explained, not that she’d care about them, only that their injuries inconvenienced her.
“Yeah, well, they should pay you overtime.”
I wasn’t going to talk about my salary with her, since she didn’t even work. “What do you want?”
Not,what are you doing here?I knew that answer. Actually, I knew what she wanted, too.
She smiled. I’d never met anyone who could paste on such a pretty, warm smile while having eyes so cold. It was like she was empty inside.
“The usual.”
“I’m not giving you drugs.”
“You’re a doctor.”
“You tried already with HR, didn’t you?”
She shrugged, then huffed, her breath coming out in a white cloud, looking petulant like a child who’d had a piece of candy taken away. “You turned the badge off.”
When I’d gone in early the next day to check with HR, I learned they had given her a replacement, because they thought she was me. I’d lied and said I’d found the original and asked them to turn off access to the replacement one, even though I’d told them I’d drop it back off. I hated lying in general and I hated lying as excuses for my sister.
“You’re not a doctor,” I prompted.
She rolled her eyes, reminding me of when we were in middle school and I told her she shouldn’t be sneaking out with high school boys. “Thanks for tossing all your success in my face,” she snapped. “Not all of us were Mom and Dad’s favorite. Or got straight A’s. Or played the flute. Varsity soccer.”
“You’re still upset that I played varsity soccer? Inhigh school?When are you going to grow up?” I tossed my hands in the air.
“When you give me money.”
“I have given you money but you spent it on drugs.”
“I want more.”
“Not happening until you go to rehab.”
“Then I guess you’re gonna have to keep running, Lolly, because my life is all your fault. You’ve got this gorgeous boyfriend with a big piece of land. I’ve heard all about the Wilders. They’re loved by all in this town. I know for a fact that there’s money there. A shit ton of it.”
I’d been angry at my sister since we were four and she took my doll and ripped its head off just to see me cry. I’d cried then and I’d cried so many times since. But this time, mentioning Colt? I was livid.
I rolled my shoulders back and glared. “Don’t fuck with Colt Wilder.”
Not only because he was the man I was in love with, but because he was the sheriff and didn’t fuck around.
“I’m sure he doesn’t want to be with a woman who steals drugs from around Devil’s Ditch.”
“What do you meanaroundDevil’s Ditch? What else have you done?”
Oh God. I could only imagine the things she’d been up to around town while everyone thought she was me.
“I’d think that would mess with your medical license, hmm?”
