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WHEN IT STARTED

Author: JOSSY
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-17 15:06:49

“Rule number one,” I start after a long moment of pure stare. “It is high time we embrace ourselves as who we really are—siblings! From this moment on, you are my brother, and I will address you as such!”

He laughs my statement off, "But you have never seen me as your brother from the beginning.”

“Well, things have changed now. We should try to relate like the half-siblings that we are to clear this confusion,” I state.

“Do you know how ridiculous you sound?”

Well, no, I don’t! The only ridiculous thing here is this affection that is building in us because it is forbidden. “What is ridiculous is you telling people that you left your perfect life in Cuba to come and fall head over heels for your half-sister!” I scream from the top of my voice, hoping and wishing that he gets my point and quits making this so difficult for me. “What sort of catastrophe do you think that statement alone would cause?”

“It is not in our hands to tune our hearts to the direction that we want it to go. Our h
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