Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen

Mia’s stomach roiled at the thought of what would happen on that bed in a while. Still, she controlled herself and turned to head into the walk-in closet to pack her things. It didn’t take long to put everything into her suitcase.

“Kaleb, that suitcase seems to be branded. Get her a recyclable bag for her to put her stuff,” Maya said.

Soon, Kaleb brought over a dirty recyclable bag. He flung it at Mia’s feet and said, “Use this.”

Mia bent down to open up her suitcase. Behind her, Maya said, “Remember to check her things later. We don’t want her to take anything that doesn’t belong to her.”

At her words, Mia recalled what Timothy had said about getting rid of the baby. He was only in the bathroom; if he were to find out about the pregnancy test, there was no way she could keep the baby.

Kaleb and Maya were standing guard outside the walk-in closet. Mia looked at the pregnancy test that she’d buried with her stuff, then came to a decision.

test to shreds, stuffing them into her mouth and

nothing to do with the Barrett family. Mia turned to leave the

get out of here before checking

she wouldn’t be able

Mia. “Are

alone. It was a short distance, but it felt like it took her a century to

its contents out on the ground as if wanting to search for something. It was too bad Mia had already swallowed the pregnancy test.

the ground, wanting to pick her

her phone rang. When she answered it and heard Patricia’s voice,

and misunderstood by Timothy without shedding a tear, but she could no longer hold herself back upon hearing Patricia’s voice. She was choked up as she said, “Aunt

why are

divorce, Aunt Patricia.

about—your family tracked me down. You have three older brothers who are from the Lane

means you have six older men to watch