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believe my son lives in a sorority house. Is a servant in a sorority house!"
    I cut her off before she could launch into the usual tirade. "It's honest work, Mom. I don't touch the girls. I'm like a big brother to them. That's all."
    She snorted, like right . "Big brother? I'm glad to hear you're a big brother to someone . You could show more attention to your real brothers."
    There was the accusation again. She was always laying a guilt trip on me. She knew exactly where to place her knife and how to twist it. Like she would ever let me near the twins. She didn't trust me around them. Whenever I was anywhere near them, which was as little as possible, she hovered, acting like I was a bigger threat to their safety than strangers with candy. But she liked to pin shit like that on me. Everything that was wrong, or imperfect, in her life was my fault. She was never going to let me forget what I'd done.
    "Thanks, again, Mom. Just mail the check. And say hi to the twins for me. Talk to you later." I hung up, hoping she would follow through on her promise.
    Shit, the woman was hard.
    I headed upstairs and found Kayla Lucas, my favorite Double Deltsie, trying to lug a heavy box full of T-shirts to Kelly's car. A senior, Kayla was the prettiest, sweetest girl in the sorority. She'd been my first friend at the house when I started as a houseboy my freshman year.
    "Hey, what are you doing with that heavy thing?" I grabbed the box from her. "Where are Seth, Dillon, and Paul?"
    Kayla relinquished the box without a fight. A cute bead of perspiration was already sparkling on her pert nose. "Out at the car with Kelly. This is the last box."
    "Why aren't you using a hand truck?" I headed toward the door.
    She held it open for me and followed me to the parking lot. "What's a hand truck? I don't think we have one."
    I shook my head and grinned at her. "Sure we do. We used it last year. Remember?"
    She followed me to the parking lot, where the rest of the guys and Kelly were loading her car with the picnic coolers and the other box of shirts.
    Kelly's eyes lit up when she saw us. "Great! We're running behind. Hey, Zach." She slammed the trunk of her car shut and opened the back door for me to slide the box in. "Coming to the beach with us?"
    I cocked an eyebrow. "As your slave?" I looked at the other guys.
    Kelly laughed. "Haha! No, as our guest, silly. We'd love to have you join us."
    I glanced at the guys as I hesitated and tried to come up with an excuse to bail out of it.
    Kelly shook her head. "Come on, Zach. Live a little and have some fun! The rest of the guys are coming."
    I hesitated. I was flat broke. Until I got that last paycheck from summer, or the first paycheck from the house, I couldn't afford to waste the gas to go to the river.
    "You can drive my car." Kayla jumped in as if she'd read my mind.  
    "I see. You're looking for a designated driver and someone to set up," I said.
    "Maybe." Kayla winked at me. "Or maybe we just want you to have some fun for once."
    Kelly was great about inviting us along to house events and parties. Partly it was protection for the girls to have some guys around. Partly they enjoyed our company.
    Kelly made a point of batting her eyes at me. "Please, Zach, please? You'll have fun and it will be a great chance for you to meet our new pledges."
    "Shit, you too?" My gaze bounced between them. "How can I say no to that?"
    Kayla hugged me. "Thanks, Zach." She handed me her car keys. "You can head out now if you guys want. We'll meet you at the river after the bid meeting."  
    Their trip to the river beach was a big surprise, the important first bonding event meant to impress the new pledges. If most of the girls hadn't been incoming freshmen, the event wouldn't have been a surprise at all. The majority of the frats and sororities took their pledges to River State Park and the cliffs every year after the bid meeting.
    The bid meeting made me edgy. The bid list was supposed to be top secret, but I'd