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the situation.
Well aware of her reasons for allowing the sex to go ahead, she
didn't understand what theirs were. Why hadn't Pax confessed long
ago to his feelings for her?
    Anxiety coursed through her, along with a
good dose of turmoil. She couldn't bring herself to regret what had
happened, but worried about where it would go now. Her lip trembled
and tears threatened to spill. The last thing she should've done
was have sex with two men. She had come to help her father in his
time of need.
    Oblivious to her confusion, Pax fondled her
breast and Caleb's fingers walked up her thigh.
    "Stop."
    Both men stilled. Waited. Sydney climbed off
the couch, putting as much distance between them as the room would
allow. Pulling the blanket tightly around her body, she spoke with
far more conviction than she felt.
    "I'm confused. I want to know what's going on
between you two. You're going to have to do some talking before I
get naked with either one of you again."
    Pax stood, sauntering over to her. His body
made her mouth dry, but the smile he wore had the opposite effect
on her pussy.
    "Sweetheart, we're happy to answer all those
little questions."
    "We always have been," Caleb added, joining
them and placing his arm around Sydney's waist. "We've been waitin'
for you."
    Shaking her head, she fought to understand
what they were hinting at. She faced Pax. "If you felt this way
about me when I lived here, why didn't you tell me?"
    "I did tell you," he drawled. "That night
under the bleachers. Syd, you vomited and refused to talk about it
ever again. You couldn't look me in the eyes, and yet you had no
issue with getting it on with Caleb. I had no choice. I stepped
aside."
    His arm came around her shoulders, and this
time she didn't refuse him Caleb squeezed her waist, adding, "And I
couldn't very well tell you we both wanted you. Not after what
happened."
    "I need a drink," she mumbled, slumping to
sit on the floor. "I shouldn't even be doing this. I came to help
my father."
    Caleb disappeared into the kitchen while Pax
took his place next to her. He placed a hand on her thigh. "I think
it's time we were all honest, Sydney. Startin' with that night
under the bleachers."

Chapter 6
    "We followed you that night," Pax said
softly, settling down beside her and pulling her close. He beckoned
to Caleb, pointing to the vacant space on the other side of Sydney.
They all adjusted, snuggling down on the couch, their bodies molded
together. "We heard you screamin' at Jack and wanted to make sure
you were okay."
    Sydney looked from Pax to Caleb, her head
moving side to side, utterly stunned by the admission. That night
under the bleachers had been nothing like she'd remembered.
    They'd followed her? Words eluded her. They'd
heard the argument with her dad. She didn't want to think about the
ramifications of what their eavesdropping could mean.
    Caleb took over the story, pulling her arm
across his lap and linking their fingers together. "We hung back,
but we had no clue you were gettin' slowly shit-faced. Not until we
heard you singin' to yourself under the bleachers."
    "S-so you heard what we were arguing about?"
Her stomach rolled and a wave of nausea hit her. Desperate for the
ground to swallow her whole, she could only stare at them.
    "We caught bits and pieces. Though it was
only your voice we heard, not Jack's. You were kind of ragin' at
yourself most of the time."
    Had she? Sydney thought back, trying
to recall that night but her memories had been warped by time.
Caleb's statement made her wonder if she'd only heard what she
wanted to from her father. The thought didn't sit well with her.
Maybe her father hadn't condemned her writing, even though it had
been risqué for a seventeen year old. She had lied to him for years
about her occupation, and now there might be the possibility she
hadn't needed to.
    "What you said made little sense at the
time," he continued. "We couldn't understand why you would yell at
Jack because of somethin' you