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“Let’s get something straight, right from the
get-go, you have nothing to be jealous about. Nothing at all.”
    He smiles, faintly, but
it’s there and my heart soars. “Tell that to my heart.” His smile
falls. “It’s not just you I’m jealous over, Rae. Seeing Jaxon is a
reminder of how much I count for shit in Everett’s
world.”
    Tossing the paper towels
away, I hug him to me, his head cradled to my breasts. His arms
come around me, crushing me to him, and though I’m standing and
he’s sitting, it feels as though I’m the one holding us both
up.
    “ For what it’s worth,
you’re everything to me, Cole Morgan. Everything .”
    He presses a kiss to the
center of my chest, where my tank dips. My skin tingles in
anticipation. “That’s worth a hell of a lot, baby.”
     
    *** *** ***
     
    C ole
    Once everything settled
down, I followed Rae and that fucker, Jaxon, to the stage,
purposefully keeping my hand on her lower back.
    If I could have grabbed her
ass at some point while we were walking, I would have, but I didn’t
want to embarrass her. My face throbs, my eye in particular, and my
body is sore in a few places, but that’s normal for me.
    Based on the way Jaxon is
limping toward the stage, his guitar strapped to his back, it is
not normal for him.
    I grin. “Pansy-ass,” I
mutter.
    Once there, I stand off to
the side, keeping one eye on Rae while I text her mom. Kimberly is
watching my little sister tonight, so that all of us could be here.
There was no way Parker or I could have missed this, even if it
wasn’t my girl going on stage.
    The Double Deuce is
slammed, even more than it had been last night, before we closed so
that Rae could rehearse with a local band. I glance over at the
bar, Parker’s behind it, working with our backup
bartender.
    “ You really think you’re
good enough for her?” Everett asks, sidling up to me.
    Instead of answering, I
cross my arms and say, “Better watch it. I think Jane spilled a
little something in that very spot you’re standing in.”
    “ Damn, they look good
together,” Everett says before Rae and Jaxon launch into their
first song.
    I have to agree, mostly
because this wasn’t rehearsed last night. This number is a product
of years of rehearsal and familiarity that I’ll have to play
catch-up to get.
    You’re everything to me,
Cole Morgan. Everything.
    I replay those words in my
mind while I watch the girl I love sing about being in love with my
brother on stage. I’m pretty damn sure Jaxon’s my brother, but to
what degree—that I have no idea.
    “ Jaxon reminds me of
someone,” I say.
    “ That’s because he is
someone,” Everett replies, and it’s all I can do to not tell him to
go fuck himself.
    “ Wonder what Crystal would
say if she saw him.” I turn to look at my sperm donor and my blood
freezes at the smug look on his face.
    “ I know exactly what your
momma would say.”
    “ Yeah, what’s that?” I
can’t help but ask.
    The music fades into the
background, people and instruments a dull roar in my ears.
“Should’ve asked for fifty grand more when I sold him to you and
that bitch wife of yours.”

Chapter Four
     
     
     
     

    Cole
    For a month now, I’ve been
sitting on the knowledge that my mother sold a baby to
Everett. A baby.
    What made Jaxon so special?
And not me, or Parker, or even Kelly? Why had she chosen him out of
all of us to have a better life?
    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not
saying people should sell their children. However, when you’ve
grown up like I have, with a druggie for a mother and never knowing
where your next meal was coming from, or if you would have to sleep
in a car for the night… being sold to somebody with more money than
sense sounds like a dream come true
    But it’s made me moody and
hard as shit to deal with it, especially for Rae. She doesn’t have
a clue what’s going on, and I’m too damned ashamed to tell her. Or
anyone else for that matter. She thinks it has to do with