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    “What! My.Brother? You are my brother ? Oh my God!” Roxy falls on the sofa with Tami and Patti comforting her as tears of anger and confusion cover her face.
    LT moves to action and kneels in front of her, grasping her hands as he says, “When I met you through Dylan, I swear, I didn’t have a clue. It’s not until Gunny offered me a job, after being vetted, that he asked me about you; how I knew you. Then, he told me everything I needed to know. Mom knows everything, and she’s dying to see you. As fate designed it, I’m where I need to be…protecting my little sister. The very person, I’d gladly die for aside from our mother.”
    Roxy swats his hands away. “Why? Why did you wait this long? Why did you have to lie to me? Why?”
    LT walks away, looking straight ahead while I watch Roxy’s face morph from anger to confusion, love and hurt disintegrates whatever is left of my heart. The pain doesn’t come instantaneously…it’s the kind of pain that slowly creeps in, but is deliberate in its infliction. The moment her eyes lock with mine, agony becomes unbearable because her heart is miles away from mine. I feel our connection break, the invisible boomerang that connects her to me, where love and hope flow freely didn’t come back to me.
    “Uncle Jack?” Roxy only has to say his name, and he knows what she wants to know.
    She wants the truth from him, not me.
    “It’s the truth, kiddo. I know you think I’ve broke your trust, but I promise you, I’ve always had your best interest at heart. Is it a truth you can accept?” He asks with so much sadness in his eyes.
    Tami holds onto her as she says, “How long have you known? How long have you known!” She swings her gaze at me. Her betrayed piercing eyes cut me.
    They cut me deep.
    I’m not even going to attempt to patch it up…I might as well just bleed to death.
    I swallow hard before answering, “Right after you met him at the hospital, Gunny called for a meeting that night. He told us everything, and LT confirmed it.” She breaks our eye contact, and my feet move on their own because my heart can’t take the separation anymore. I can’t fight the need anymore…the undeniable need to touch her.
    I kneel down grabbing her face firmly in my very capable, but shaky hands, I pour my heart out right in front of everyone. “I didn’t hide it to hurt you, love. It wasn’t my secret to tell. Don’t let your doubt cloud my love for you, please don’t. You can trust me…you have to trust me. Let me help you through this, because I’m strongest when I’m with you. Let me be that for you.” My eyes roam her face and stop at the darkest, most alluring brown eyes I’ve ever seen.
    She grabs my hands only to remove them from where their supposed to be, and dread surround my heart like a glove as she says, “But I’m in a relationship with you, Cody. I expect you to protect this.” She slams her finger on her chest. “You want to help me? Is this helping me? I’m shocked, surprised out of my mind and more than anything I’m hurt. I’m mad at Damien but I’m most hurt by you. I trusted you and you failed me, twice. You kept something from me two weeks ago and now you kept something from me again. How can you expect me not to get hurt by this? How?”
    She swings her gaze to LT. For five long seconds, they hold each other’s stare. While LT’s eyes are covered in regret, my love’s brown eyes are covered in anger. “And you…I trusted you, too. Is this how a brother treats a sister? If so I don’t need a brother. I want…no I need a brother who will protect this, too.” Again, she points at her chest. Shaking her head, she looks down as she quickly wipes her tears.
    I continue to stare at her, and while my heart is slowly being enclosed with coldness, my love for her thaws it at the same time. This chick hasn’t seen my heart…she doesn’t know the warrior that lives within, and this warrior will never cease to love