y Fin

all wearing black tux's or dresses. Their heads bowed in a respectful manner to the man being lower

ce them. I di

tness Jim, my father, being lowered six feet under. People spoke softly, tal

h a middle finger raised in my pocket

he told me how much he disliked his own daughter. I wished for years he would have chang

ho stood at the front of the cro

me in my upbringing. He was my fatherly figure through school and hardships

gh a few texts every othe

he saw them as friends and family, they were strangers to me. A

eyes trained to the ground with my hands

I really fucking did. But seeing Elijah cry was en

respects, saying they're sorry for his loss and maki

as the one who told me of Jim's passing, but I

say. It was a name I hadn

e. His face softened and contorted into another weep as he

himpered. "I'm

e okay." I ran my fingers through his thick lon

coming to

ed, pulling

's been years since I've seen you. Let's catch

th my fingers in front of him

k before hugging me again, in

led in his grasp. "You

t a ting of love. Even when I pulled up to Jim's house, the one I spent seventeen years of my life in, I still felt it. Even when peop

urned to an emotional explosion

ad yanked out of magazines were still taped to the wall, leaving no white paint exposed. My bed was still slop

use still littered the floor. The snow globes he had bought me as a child smashed

capsule. Nothing had chan

ot." Elijah spoke so

y, holding my no

king as he walked next to me, placing a hand at my lower back. "He was a t

ed me after my mother died. He thought it was

my shaking fingers under my eye

lain white envelope into my pocket. "He wrote it aw

, feeling the a

been an hour of you here but I really want her to mee

otal wreck right now." I faced him with a

ook his head as he guided me back down

irs, people were surrounding us

a body. He was Jims best friend, a man who saw me grow up throu

ort but now, his muscle was filled to perfection. His voice deeper and rough around the

y tattooed man that fucked me numb last night. My heart stopped in its tra

epeating Elijah, showing o

Everything in me ready to repeat t

el his rough calloused fingers that dug into my shoulder. He met

ve a small wink. Elijah eyed the tw

do yo

a very, heavily pregnant wo

d a plate of food in her hands, right

" She exclaimed trying to hide the fact th

told me your name." I admitt

at her fiancé like she was going to kill him befor

er stomach, eyein

Elijah Finley, What the fuck." Chloe sto

een me and Colt with a brow raised,

ot ready for the tiff she was about to get into with

, placing both his hands to Chloe

tween the four. "That's

e, you mine as well meet the little ones when they show up." Elijah shrugged acting as if it didn'

ryone staring at me. Including Colten. His brows raise

fully. I wasn't ready to tell Elijah I was never

mile which quickly turned into pursed l

uldn't make a big deal out of this. Right? I mea

about fucking last night?" Elijah spoke

. "Half sister." He corrected with a finger in the air before bol

usement. God, I forgot this shit wa

!" Elijah yelled, grabbing Colten by hi

uld have came inside of her too." Colte

other

ly, man. What can I say?" Colte

ontinued to eat and watch the two men fight l

up in an hour." Chloe shrugg