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.

pregnancy test to shreds, stuffing them into her mouth and swallowing them.

Mia turned to leave the closet with her recyclable

her mouth, looking disgusted. “God, get out of here

shower, she wouldn’t be able to drive Mia away.

Mia. “Are you deaf? Get out of here!”

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

ground as if wanting to search for something. It was too bad Mia had already swallowed the

ground, wanting to pick her things

answered it and heard Patricia’s voice, the tears started rolling down her

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

are you crying?”

getting a divorce, Aunt Patricia.

family? That’s what I’m calling you about—your family tracked me down. You have three older brothers

have three older male cousins, which means you have six older men to watch over you. They’re here for you, and they’re