Twinsequences (A Twisted Twin Series) (19 page)

I
 slapped
 his
 pizza
 out
 of
 his
 hand.
 He
 put
 his
 head
 down.
 “What
 do
 you
 
mean,
 you
 got
 selfish?”
 
 He
 folded
 his
 hands
 and
 acted
 like
 I
 hadn’t
 violated
 his
 space.
 “It’s
 been
 four
 
years.
 You
 could
 have
 moved
 on.
 When
 I
 realized
 you
 were
 there,
 in
 my
 house,
 I
 
couldn’t
 help
 myself.
 Maybe
 Ivy
 knew
 I’d
 be
 that
 way
 about
 you.
 I
 don’t
 really
 care.
 
From
 the
 moment
 that
 I
 knew
 you
 were
 there
 with
 me,
 all
 I
 wanted
 to
 do
 was
 be
 
with
 you.
 I
 even
 warned
 you
 that
 there
 were
 things
 you
 didn’t
 know.
 I
 wanted
 to
 tell
 
you.
 I
 would
 have,
 if
 you
 hadn’t
 have
 run
 out.
 I
 never
 wanted
 things
 to
 happen
 the
 
way
 they
 did.”
 
“Great,
 now
 I
 feel
 more
 used
 than
 before.
 Thanks
 for
 clearing
 that
 up!”
 I
 
tossed
 my
 pizza
 back
 into
 the
 box
 and
 shut
 it.
 
Stosh
 put
 his
 hand
 over
 mine,
 catching
 me
 off
 guard.
 I
 pulled
 away.
 “Will,
 I
 
know
 it
 seems
 that
 way,
 but
 I
 waited
 for
 so
 long
 to
 hear
 you
 say
 you
 loved
 me.
 Do
 
you
 blame
 me
 for
 wanting
 to
 have
 a
 couple
 days
 of
 heaven?
 Didn’t
 you
 feel
 happy
 
too?”
 
I
 shook
 my
 head.
 “Of
 course
 I
 enjoyed
 it.
 I
 felt
 like
 I
 finally
 had
 a
 chance
 at
 
being
 happy.
 I
 felt
 like
 I
 had
 my
 best
 friend
 back.”
 
Try
 as
 I
 may,
 I
 couldn’t
 stop
 the
 tears
 this
 time.
 He
 may
 as
 well
 have
 been
 
ripping
 my
 heart
 out
 of
 my
 chest
 with
 his
 bare
 hands.
 
 
He
 ran
 his
 hands
 through
 his
 hair
 and
 then
 covered
 his
 face.
 “You
 don’t
 know
 
how
 much
 I
 want
 that.”
 
I
 could
 tell
 that
 he
 was
 genuinely
 upset.
 It
 was
 so
 hard
 for
 me,
 because
 I
 could
 
never
 stop
 loving
 him.
 Sure,
 I
 hated
 what
 he’d
 done
 to
 me,
 but
 my
 heart
 and
 my
 
mind
 were
 not
 on
 the
 same
 page.
 “Does
 she
 know
 you’re
 here?”
 
He
 shook
 his
 head.
 “Hell
 no!
 Ever
 since
 that
 night,
 she’s
 been
 staying
 at
 your
 
parents.
 I
 know
 she’s
 up
 to
 something,
 but
 I
 have
 no
 idea
 what
 it
 is.”
 
“I
 wish
 I
 could
 believe
 that.”
 I
 started
 to
 turn
 away,
 but
 he
 grabbed
 my
 arm
 
and
 held
 it
 tight.
 “What
 the…”
 
“Listen
 to
 me.”
 He
 finally
 let
 go
 of
 my
 arm.
 “If
 there
 was
 a
 way
 to
 make
 things
 
right,
 would
 you
 give
 me
 another
 chance?”
 
His
 face
 was
 dead
 serious.
 I
 didn’t
 know
 whether
 to
 follow
 my
 mind
 or
 my
 
heart.
 At
 the
 end
 of
 the
 day,
 I
 couldn’t
 see
 it
 happening.
 “It’s
 not
 possible.”
 
Stosh
 started
 pacing
 around
 the
 kitchen.
 “Dammit,
 it
 is
 possible.
 I’m
 going
 to
 
do
 whatever
 it
 takes,
 because
 those
 two
 days
 with
 you
 were
 the
 best
 days
 of
 my
 life.
 
I
 wasn’t
 lying
 about
 that.”
 
“I
 think
 you
 are
 going
 to
 say
 whatever
 you
 can
 think
 of
 to
 get
 in
 my
 good
 
graces.
 Do
 you
 have
 any
 idea
 how
 I
 feel?
 Do
 you
 have
 a
 clue
 about
 what
 you’ve
 both
 
done
 to
 me?”
 
He
 looked
 down
 at
 the
 ground.
 “Yes.
 I
 know
 exactly
 what
 you’re
 going
 
through.
 I
 wish
 I
 could
 take
 it
 back.”
 
“Why
 are
 you
 here,
 Stosh?
 What
 could
 you
 possibly
 have
 on
 my
 sister
 that
 
would
 make
 everything
 you’ve
 done
 better?”
 
He
 approached
 me,
 getting
 close
 enough
 to
 touch
 me,
 except
 he
 didn’t.
 “I
 
can’t
 tell
 you.”
 
“Just
 leave!
 Drive
 back
 home
 and
 forget
 about
 ever
 knowing
 me.
 I’m
 so
 sick
 of
 
all
 of
 this.
 I
 just
 want
 to
 live
 my
 life.
 I’m
 tired
 of
 the
 drama
 that
 comes
 with
 being
 a
 
part
 of
 your
 and
 my
 sister’s
 lives.”
 
I
 walked
 over
 and
 grabbed
 the
 pizza
 box.
 
 
He
 saw
 what
 I
 was
 doing
 and
 grabbed
 it
 out
 of
 my
 hands.
 “You
 don’t
 mean
 
that!”
 
I
 grabbed
 the
 box
 again,
 ripping
 it
 away
 from
 his
 hands.
 “Yes
 I
 do!”
 
He
 wouldn’t
 give
 up.
 He
 grabbed
 the
 box
 and
 tossed
 it
 on
 the
 floor.
 “I
 don’t
 
believe
 you.
 If
 you
 love
 me
 half
 as
 much
 as
 I
 love
 you,
 then
 I
 know
 you’re
 lying.”
 
He
 was
 staring
 right
 at
 me,
 challenging
 what
 I’d
 said
 to
 him.
 I
 didn’t
 know
 
how
 to
 respond.
 Even
 as
 furious
 as
 I
 was,
 he
 was
 right.
 I
 was
 still
 in
 love
 with
 him.
 In
 
fact,
 I
 couldn’t
 see
 myself
 loving
 anyone
 else.
 “Why
 does
 it
 even
 matter
 to
 you,
 
Stosh?
 We
 can’t
 be
 together
 and
 you
 know
 it.”
 
He
 reached
 over
 and
 brushed
 my
 cheek
 with
 the
 back
 of
 his
 hand.
 “Ivy
 thinks
 
she’s
 won.
 I’ve
 been
 on
 to
 her
 since
 this
 all
 began.
 That’s
 why
 I
 couldn’t
 tell
 you.
 I
 
thought
 I
 could
 handle
 it
 all
 without
 you
 getting
 hurt.
 I
 have
 a
 plan
 to
 destroy
 your
 
sister,
 but
 I
 have
 to
 let
 this
 all
 play
 out
 for
 it
 to
 work.
 I
 need
 more
 time.
 Things
 have
 
to
 happen
 before
 I
 can
 step
 in.
 I
 just
 need
 you
 to
 trust
 me.”
 
I
 shook
 my
 head.
 “I
 don’t
 think
 I
 can.”
 
He
 grabbed
 both
 of
 my
 hands
 and
 I
 didn’t
 pull
 away.
 “You
 have
 to.”
 He
 
brought
 my
 hands
 up
 to
 his
 lips
 and
 kissed
 them.
 “There’s
 something
 else
 you
 need
 
to
 know,
 Will.
 It
 has
 to
 do
 with
 why
 your
 sister
 wanted
 you
 to
 be
 with
 me.”
 
“What?
 What
 now?”
 
“Your
 sister
 came
 home
 one
 night
 drunk.
 She
 was
 a
 crying
 mess.
 After
 she
 
threw
 up
 all
 over
 herself,
 she
 got
 so
 belligerent,
 that
 she
 admitted
 to
 not
 being
 able
 
to
 have
 children
 again.
 She
 cried
 all
 night
 about
 not
 being
 able
 to
 give
 me
 a
 child
 of
 
my
 own.”
 
“And
 this
 has
 what
 to
 do
 with
 me?”
 
“You’re
 a
 smart
 girl,
 Willow.
 Think
 about
 it.”
 
“She
 wanted
 me
 to
 be
 a
 surrogate
 or
 something?”
 
“That
 would
 have
 been
 too
 easy
 for
 your
 sister.
 She
 doesn’t
 want
 you
 to
 carry
 
her
 baby,
 she
 wants
 to
 take
 away
 yours.”
 
My
 mouth
 dropped
 when
 it
 instantly
 hit
 me
 like
 a
 ton
 of
 bricks.
 “It’s
 not
 
possible.
 You
 can’t
 get
 pregnant
 any
 time
 of
 the
 month.
 The
 average
 woman
 is
 only
 
fertile
 for
 forty
 eight
 hours.”
 
“Two
 days,
 right?
 Yeah,
 all
 it
 took
 was
 for
 you
 to
 complain
 to
 her
 about
 
having
 your
 period.
 I
 guess
 you
 talked
 to
 her
 about
 it
 ruining
 some
 plans
 you
 had
 a
 
while
 back.
 Even
 I
 could
 get
 a
 calendar
 and
 look
 up
 when
 you
 should
 be
 ovulating.”
 
I
 was
 already
 crying.
 That
 was
 taking
 revenge
 to
 a
 whole
 different
 level.
 
“Why
 would
 she
 want
 me
 to
 have
 your
 child?
 Isn’t
 that
 against
 everything
 she’s
 ever
 
wanted?”
 
He
 sat
 down
 on
 the
 carpet
 flooring
 and
 put
 his
 hands
 over
 his
 face.
 “Willow,
 
you’re
 twins.
 The
 baby
 would
 share
 the
 same
 DNA
 as
 if
 it
 were
 her
 own.
 She
 wanted
 
you
 to
 get
 pregnant
 and
 then
 she
 was
 going
 to
 try
 to
 get
 custody.
 With
 your
 parents
 
being
 so
 against
 you,
 she
 knew
 she
 had
 a
 chance
 of
 winning.
 They
 see
 you
 as
 a
 
threat.
 Right
 now,
 your
 parents
 are
 all
 about
 comforting
 Ivy.
 They’re
 going
 to
 do
 
whatever
 it
 takes
 to
 make
 her
 happy,
 since
 we
 allegedly
 stabbed
 her
 in
 the
 back.”
 
“That
 is
 the
 stupidest
 plan
 I
 ever
 heard
 of.
 How
 could
 she
 have
 known
 that
 I’d
 
sleep
 with
 you?
 Who
 in
 the
 hell
 would
 even
 think
 they
 could
 pull
 off
 something
 like
 
this?
 Did
 you
 think
 you
 would
 just
 knock
 me
 up
 and
 steal
 my
 kid?”
 I
 picked
 up
 a
 
piece
 of
 packing
 tape
 and
 threw
 it
 towards
 him.
 “How
 could
 you
 use
 me,
 Stosh?
 How
 
could
 you
 rip
 out
 my
 heart
 like
 you
 did?”
 
I
 was
 so
 angry
 and
 hurt.
 If
 I
 had
 a
 gun,
 I
 could
 have
 shot
 them
 both.
 
“She
 said
 she
 knew
 it
 would
 work.
 I
 didn’t
 ask
 her
 any
 questions,
 but
 
somehow
 she
 was
 sure.
 I
 wish
 you
 knew
 how
 much
 I
 can’t
 stand
 her.
 When
 she
 
woke
 up
 after
 her
 drunken
 confession,
 I
 told
 her
 only
 half
 of
 what
 she’d
 admitted.
 I
 
knew
 that
 when
 the
 time
 came,
 I’d
 be
 able
 to
 use
 the
 knowledge
 I
 had
 against
 her.
 
Look,
 I
 get
 that
 you
 hate
 me
 right
 now.
 I
 know
 I
 fucked
 up,
 but
 I’m
 going
 to
 make
 it
 
right.
 I’ll
 wait
 for
 you;
 as
 long
 as
 it
 takes.
 I
 have
 a
 plan.”
 
He
 pulled
 me
 into
 a
 hug,
 that
 I
 didn’t
 respond
 to.
 I
 just
 stood
 there
 frozen
 in
 
place.
 “Is
 that
 all
 you
 came
 to
 say,
 because
 I
 still
 feel
 like
 I’m
 missing
 a
 big
 part
 of
 the
 
puzzle?
 Granted,
 learning
 that
 my
 sister
 thought
 she
 could
 knock
 me
 up
 and
 then
 
steal
 my
 baby
 was
 a
 hell
 of
 thing
 to
 hear.”
 
I
 took
 a
 couple
 steps
 back
 and
 leaned
 against
 the
 counter.
 
 
He
 walked
 over
 and
 leaned
 beside
 me.
 “You
 wouldn’t
 have
 listened
 if
 I
 tried
 
to
 call.”