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didn’t hear them. “What do you want, Ethan?”
    “I need to talk to you. I went to your house and
no lights were on. I checked the office thinking maybe you were
working late, but no. I knew this was the only other place you
could be. No clue why you would be here mid-week though.”
    “That’s none of your fucking business. The real
question is why are
you
here?” He was trying not to raise
his voice, but doubted how successful he was being.
    “I wanted to talk,” Ethan said, but something
must have caught his eye. He was peering around Owen. “Who do you
have by the fire?”
    Through clenched teeth he said, “That is none of
your business. Get inside if you want to talk.” He tried ushering
Ethan toward his porch, but to no avail.
    “No, no. I want to know who my brother was
fucking.”
    Owen looked behind him and noticed Cali’s face
was being lit by the porch light. He sighed and turned to Ethan,
wondered what she thought of him. His brother used to hang out with
them in the summer on occasion.
    Tall and built were qualities he shared with
him. But Ethan’s hair was light brown whereas Owen’s was dark
blonde. Ethan had brown eyes and Owen had green. Their facial
structure was similar also.
    “Well, well, well, look who we have here. Why if
it isn’t Miss Caliana Crawford. No wonder you’re at the cabin,
Brother. Does she taste as good as you always thought she
would?”
    Owen saw red. His brother crossed a line. Owen
brought his fist back and slammed it into Ethan’s face, causing him
to stumble. “Get the fuck off my property!”
    Ethan charged Owen, grabbing him by the waist
and throwing him to the dirt. The two brothers wrestled, hitting
one another repeatedly. Out of nowhere Owen felt another person’s
hands on him, trying to pull them apart. He recognized the voice of
the person from one of the cabins that were being rented next
door.
    Cali’s voice broke through. “Stop! Both of you!
I’m going to call the cops if you two can’t knock it the fuck
off.”
    Her yelling combined with the neighbor trying to
pry them apart finally got their attention and they separated. The
brothers sat on the ground breathing heavily. Owen could feel that
his lip was busted open. Ethan had blood running down his face from
a cut above his eyebrow.
    “What the hell is wrong with you two? You’re
acting like children!” Cali yelled. “Ethan, you need to go.”
    Ethan stood and spit blood from his mouth onto
the ground, wiping more from his face with the shirt he was
wearing. “We aren’t done talking, Owen.” With that, he turned and
left.
    Owen heard Cali thank their neighbor for his
help and also apologize for the disturbance. Owen stayed seated on
the ground, but moved his hand over his lip to feel the damage. He
could feel his lip already starting to swell.
    Cali stood in front of him with her hands on her
hips. “C’mon. Let’s get inside and put some ice on your face.”
    Owen followed her into the cabin. He saw her go
to the freezer to get some ice cubes. She came into the living room
with the ice wrapped in a washcloth. Cali handed the washcloth to
him and pointed to the couch for him to sit. Once he did, she sat
next to him.
    After a few minutes of silence she said, “Want
to tell me what the hell happened out there?”
    “Not really,” he mumbled.
    “Owen, your brother shows up, you say a few
words to each other, then he sees me and all hell breaks loose!
What the fuck?”
    He knew she was getting frustrated. He could
only imagine what that must have looked like to her, but he didn’t
want to talk about the fight. “Cali, can you please just drop
it?”
    “I’ll drop it. For tonight. But tomorrow, you
are going to tell me what happened that caused you and your brother
to beat the shit out of each other right in front of me.”
    If Owen was going to have a relationship with
her he knew he would have to be honest and open. He knew how hard
it was going to be to talk about. He also knew