Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Brooklyn

My heart is pounding out of my chest as I press the stop button on the remote as fast as I can.

I return my gaze to the doorway where Aden is standing, his, dark eyes boring into me.

Please, please, please. Goddess, let him not have seen me watching his sex tape.

"What are you doing in here?" he asks, furious.

"Um..." I swallow, terrified, hoping he doesn't pick up on the tremor in my voice. "Jayde brought me here. Said I could look through some..." My eyes dart around the room for an answer that is not porn. "Some family photo albums. And home videos."

He narrows his eyes, his gaze flicking to the pile of vintage Playboys on the floor.

"Family photo albums?"

I nod. He knows I'm lying, but I can't bring myself to admit the truth.

"She shouldn't have brought you down here," he says, moving aside so that I can leave the room. I

quickly get to my feet, flicking the power button on the remote so that the TV goes blank.

my might that Aden does not go back in to see what tape is in

for the steps. "Don't come down here again. Do you understand?" Believe me, I won't, I think as I nod, then hurry up and out into the kitchen, heaving a sigh of relief. My knees are weak, and

going to my room so I can bury my nose into a very different kind of

slides over smooth

Then, slowly, I turn back towards the little door.

My phone must have fallen out in the weird porn

go back. If my dad or Jolie ever called and I missed it... I'd never get

crack to listen. I don't hear a sound. Tentatively, I put a

I hurry down the stairs and through

the little room and grab my

the VCR and put it back in its case, which I slide back on the shelf.

will. I pause, unable to stop the vision from washing over me. Aden, naked and hard, pushing into the strange woman, giving

No, Brooklyn. Stop it.

memory and leave the room, quiet as a mouse, shutting the

along the hallway when I hear something

terrified

no one comes out to

my left. A

which the sound is coming. It's thick, made of

also see that the

it's a mistake. I know I

stare at the door. I'm consumed, something deep inside me pushing me

grip the metal handle and then, my inner voice still screaming at me

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