Chapter 41 The latch of the door snapped open with a sharp crack, and Rebecah’s voice swept into the apartment, light and almost singing.“Oh, it’s open… Anyone here?”The words died…

Chapter 40 The breakfast stretched on in an unusual silence, broken only by the clink of cutlery and the distant clatter of dishes in the sink. Their mother stood by…

Chapter 39 Madison closed her eyes. A sharp pulse hammered in her chest, almost painful in its intensity. Everything was moving too fast. She wanted to pull away, to retreat,…

Chapter 38 But Alan kept rising.The first kiss landed just above the soft swell of her mound. A light brush, almost chaste, like a promise deliberately withheld. Madison’s sharp, plaintive…

Chapter 37 It had been forever since the four of them had all sat together in the living room watching TV. A movie after a family dinner, the way it…

Chapter 36 Madison stirred awake gently, eyelids still heavy with the remnants of an unusually deep sleep. The morning light barely seeped through the drawn curtains of her childhood bedroom,…

Chapter 35 Alan and Madison’s breathing was gradually settling, still ragged and uneven, as if their bodies refused to accept what had just torn through them. The orgasm was fading,…

Chapter 34 Alan lunged at her. It all happened in a split second—far too fast for Madison to process, let alone react. A short, sharp cry tore from her throat,…

Chapter 33 The Ford crunched slowly down the gravel driveway, tires biting into the stones with a low grind. The family home emerged ahead, unchanged and steadfast, like an anchor…

Chapter 32 Madison froze for a second, fingers still white-knuckled around her cold cup of coffee.“What the hell are we supposed to do?” Alan’s voice came out low, almost gravelly,…