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Cash with the fact that he still hadn’t even called the guy by name yet.
    “Fine. What do we know about Sebastian?”
    Looking over toward me, Kane sat up and eased his own body language. “Okay, we know his name is Sebastian Thorne and his mother is someone named Sandra Thorne. Other than that, I don’t know much yet. My guy is still checking him out. So far, he hasn’t found anything that says he’s a gold digger, if that’s what you’re worried about, Cash.”
    “What I’m worried about is upending my life, my very happy life with Olivia and my son, because our father may have fathered this person.”
    Cash certainly didn’t have any problem explaining what bothered him.
    “What else did you find out, Kane?” I asked, suddenly curious about this Sebastian guy. “What’s he like? Where’s he live? How old is he?”
    My interest surprised him, and for a moment he looked a little shocked to hear me say anything, probably because I hadn’t taken a side one way or another since this whole new brother thing began almost two weeks ago. Unlike my older brothers, I preferred to take time to think things over.
    “Well, this is all I know so far. He looks like Cash and me. Black hair and blue eyes. I guess he got our father’s genes in that. My guy says he’s twenty-six and works as a bartender at a place in Dade City. He lives with a girl, but from what my guy has seen, he’s not exactly the loyal type.”
    I chuckled at Kane’s description of the guy. “He sure as hell sounds like one of us. Well, not you, Kane, but Cash, you have to admit he sounds like us.”
    Cash gave me a sneer. “Being a manwhore doesn’t mean he’s our brother, Stef.”
    “I didn’t say it did. I just think maybe we should find out more before we put the kybosh on this whole thing. This Sebastian guy might be okay.”
    “And he might be a money-grubbing gold digger who thinks he’s found three ATM machines ready and willing to cough up money,” Cash answered.
    Kane’s frustration boiled over, and he nearly launched from his seat on the couch. Storming toward my balcony, he mumbled something about needing some air and left. Nothing had caused a rift between the three of us like this threatened to since our early days at the club, and I wondered if this thing with some supposed long-lost brother was going to tear our family apart.
    For his part, Cash didn’t seem to be swayed by Kane’s rare show of emotion about the subject. Shaking his head, he sighed and said, “You know, I get why he feels this way. I do. He sees a lot of himself in this guy, and maybe that’s right. You and I have always known from the time we were born that we were dad’s kids. There was never any question, and nobody had to give us the title of Cassian March’s sons. I just worry what this Sebastian could do to the lives we have now.”
    “What could he really do, though?” I asked, unsure what some stranger could change about our lives. “It’s not like acknowledging he’s our brother is going to mean we have to do anything for him.”
    Worry etched into Cash’s face. “I don’t know, but I worry. The last time we found out about a brother, we had to work with him, even though we didn’t want to then. That it turned out good doesn’t change the fact that our lives were turned upside down for a while. I’m not sure I want that to happen again.”
    “Cash, that was different. Dad’s will forced the three of us to accept each other. It was his way of making things right, and even though it was hard in the beginning, look at us now. I think it could be okay to find out if this Sebastian is really our brother, and this is coming from the youngest who would have to give up his cherished spot as the baby of the family.”
    My attempt at lightening the mood failed, and Cash asked a question I hadn’t thought of before. “Why didn’t Dad ever mention another son in anything on his death? The will doesn’t say a thing about him. He obviously