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for a moment, I forgot about how I was feeling and my heart went out to him.
“Hell, man, I didn’t know. She came through the door looking all good and shit; it just happened. She ran up on me, wrapped those chocolate legs around my waist—it was a wrap.” He shook his head as if he was sorry, but he was smiling.
A feeling of dread came down on me. Merlin had a twin brother? How come he didn’t tell me? Where the fuck has he been all this time? Too many questions and too few answers were racing through my mind. I stood up, but the room was spinning. I stumbled over to the bed to sit down, but Merlin pushed me to the floor. Venom spewed from his eyes as he glared at me.
“She was my wife, dammit,” Merlin yelled as he pounded the mattress for emphasis.
“Was? Did he just say was? I thought This nightmare I was living was dramatic. “Wait just a fucking minute,” I said as I angrily got to my feet. I marched over to the evil twin and slapped him across the face. I was hoping to wipe away the smile, but it didn’t work.
His grin turned into a menacing leer. “Come on, baby, you weren’t acting like that a little while ago.” He mocked me and it took all my strength not to head-butt that motherfucker.
“You bastard,” I spat.
“True that; Dad never got around to marrying our moms.” He chuckled and that just made me madder.
I wanted Merlin to come over there and punch him like he’d punched me, but he just sat on the bed and stared at his feet. I whirled back around and faced his brother. “How come you didn’t tell me who you were?” Outraged, I placed my hands on my hips for want of a better place to put them. Although I wanted to hit him again, my fingers were still stinging from the first slap.
“How come you didn’t know my dick from his?”
I reared back as if he struck me. His words pierced me like a knife.
“I . . . uh.” I heard the wail come from my husband’s mouth seconds before his body collided with mine.
He rushed me like a linebacker. “You bitch,” he yelled as his fingers found their way around my throat.
I struggled to get him off of me as his grip got tighter. He was going to kill me, and I was powerless to do anything about it. My eyes sought to convey how sorry I was, but Merlin wasn’t looking at me. It was as if he were lost in the past.
“I’m sorry,” I gasped as Merlin abruptly let loose.
Hot tears streamed down his face and dripped into my open mouth as I struggled to breathe.
I said, “I’m so sorry.”
He pushed me one final time before he rolled off of me.
CHAPTER TEN
MERLIN MILLS
Brushing past my brother, I headed for the bar in our living room. I needed a drink in the worst way. Gavin reached out and grabbed my arm, but I batted his hand away. I wasn’t ready to deal with his ass just yet; I needed to wrap my mind around what had just happened. In my entire life, I had never put my hands on a female. I was deeply ashamed of myself.
I grabbed a glass from the hanging rack and filled it to the brim with Absolut. I didn’t even bother going into the kitchen to get some ice, I just turned up the glass and drank the whole thing. The liquor burned all the way down my throat and landed in a fiery ball in my stomach, but it did not dull the pain that I felt in my heart. I quickly refilled my glass, but this time I began to sip it. I walked over to the sofa and took a seat.
In our bedroom, I could still hear Cojo sobbing, but I could not force myself to get up and go comfort her. I felt like she had betrayed me even if it was by mistake. “Lord, if it would have been anybody else, but my damn brother.” I didn’t bother to wipe the tears that flowed from my eyes.
“You talking to yourself, bro?” Gavin had walked into the living room. He wore a satisfied smile on his face.
It was all I could do not to leap over the sofa and bust him dead in his mouth. “Not now, Gavin,” I said between clenched teeth.
“If not now, then when? We
“Hell, man, I didn’t know. She came through the door looking all good and shit; it just happened. She ran up on me, wrapped those chocolate legs around my waist—it was a wrap.” He shook his head as if he was sorry, but he was smiling.
A feeling of dread came down on me. Merlin had a twin brother? How come he didn’t tell me? Where the fuck has he been all this time? Too many questions and too few answers were racing through my mind. I stood up, but the room was spinning. I stumbled over to the bed to sit down, but Merlin pushed me to the floor. Venom spewed from his eyes as he glared at me.
“She was my wife, dammit,” Merlin yelled as he pounded the mattress for emphasis.
“Was? Did he just say was? I thought This nightmare I was living was dramatic. “Wait just a fucking minute,” I said as I angrily got to my feet. I marched over to the evil twin and slapped him across the face. I was hoping to wipe away the smile, but it didn’t work.
His grin turned into a menacing leer. “Come on, baby, you weren’t acting like that a little while ago.” He mocked me and it took all my strength not to head-butt that motherfucker.
“You bastard,” I spat.
“True that; Dad never got around to marrying our moms.” He chuckled and that just made me madder.
I wanted Merlin to come over there and punch him like he’d punched me, but he just sat on the bed and stared at his feet. I whirled back around and faced his brother. “How come you didn’t tell me who you were?” Outraged, I placed my hands on my hips for want of a better place to put them. Although I wanted to hit him again, my fingers were still stinging from the first slap.
“How come you didn’t know my dick from his?”
I reared back as if he struck me. His words pierced me like a knife.
“I . . . uh.” I heard the wail come from my husband’s mouth seconds before his body collided with mine.
He rushed me like a linebacker. “You bitch,” he yelled as his fingers found their way around my throat.
I struggled to get him off of me as his grip got tighter. He was going to kill me, and I was powerless to do anything about it. My eyes sought to convey how sorry I was, but Merlin wasn’t looking at me. It was as if he were lost in the past.
“I’m sorry,” I gasped as Merlin abruptly let loose.
Hot tears streamed down his face and dripped into my open mouth as I struggled to breathe.
I said, “I’m so sorry.”
He pushed me one final time before he rolled off of me.
CHAPTER TEN
MERLIN MILLS
Brushing past my brother, I headed for the bar in our living room. I needed a drink in the worst way. Gavin reached out and grabbed my arm, but I batted his hand away. I wasn’t ready to deal with his ass just yet; I needed to wrap my mind around what had just happened. In my entire life, I had never put my hands on a female. I was deeply ashamed of myself.
I grabbed a glass from the hanging rack and filled it to the brim with Absolut. I didn’t even bother going into the kitchen to get some ice, I just turned up the glass and drank the whole thing. The liquor burned all the way down my throat and landed in a fiery ball in my stomach, but it did not dull the pain that I felt in my heart. I quickly refilled my glass, but this time I began to sip it. I walked over to the sofa and took a seat.
In our bedroom, I could still hear Cojo sobbing, but I could not force myself to get up and go comfort her. I felt like she had betrayed me even if it was by mistake. “Lord, if it would have been anybody else, but my damn brother.” I didn’t bother to wipe the tears that flowed from my eyes.
“You talking to yourself, bro?” Gavin had walked into the living room. He wore a satisfied smile on his face.
It was all I could do not to leap over the sofa and bust him dead in his mouth. “Not now, Gavin,” I said between clenched teeth.
“If not now, then when? We
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