Chapter 32

"So there's a secrets?"

Sam folds his arms across his chest and leans against the doorframe. "Everyone has secrets."

I try a different tack. "I never wanted to hurt him. "I'm here to fix things, not make them worse."

"You're being here definitely makes things worse."

Now it's my turn to narrow my eyes. "What's your problem with me?"

"Look, I can tell there's something special about you. Jackson wouldn't be interested, otherwise. But he can't be with you- it's not going to work. And you bring in this house is going to be a problem for him.

I turn his words over in my head, but they don't make sense. The only things I can come up with is that he and Jackson are a couple and he's warning me off.

"Is he gay?"

Sam's brows twist in puzzlement. "No. What makes you think that?"

"I was just trying to figure out if you and he-"

Sam laughs. "No. I told you, he's my brother."

Relief floods me. Down, girl. He's still not yours.

"How did you meet?"

Sam's face sags and, for a moment he looks thirty