LIAM
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I’ve never been oneto sleep in.For as long as I can remember, I felt that there wasn’t enough time to do all the things life had to offer.
A few times, when I was on active duty, I wondered if my life would be cut short, and that’s why I’d been like I was.Or perhaps it was because I lost my father when I was ten.
I know life is meant to be cherished.
Twenty-eight years and counting, and I’m still here despite being a pilot in the United States Air Force and being on active duty.
The greatest risk to my life is the blonde-haired, blue-eyed monster currently sleeping under my roof.
I swear she will be the death of me.
She would if her brother, Jayden, knew the thoughts I’d had about his sister for as long as I can remember.
He’d kill me.A bullet, point blank in the middle of my forehead.
He adores Jessie.
We both do.
She’s been like a little sister to me.Someone I’ve protected and loved in ways that have evolved over time.
Jessie knows she’s sexy, and I’m almost certain she knows I’d fuck her until she could barely breathe under different circumstances.
Which is very dangerous.
She’s not certain, and that’s been the only thing keeping me from crossing the line.
Well, that and the promise I made to Jayden after my dad died.I was ten, my mom wasn’t able to look after me because she went into a state of shock, and so Patricia and Donald Rogers took me in.
Jessie was six and so little.
I slept on a roll-out bed on Jayden’s floor, we went to school, and I became part of their family.It’s been the same since, with Mom growing close to the adults soon after.
Jessie would climb onto my lap, eat her little snacks, and ask me to read her stories.
“Look how adorable that is,” Patricia Rogers would say.“Just make sure you don’t annoy the boys.”
“I’m not,” Jessie cried.“Right, Lim?”
“You can sit on my knee whenever you want.”
I tickled her.
One night when we were lying in the dark, Jayden rolled over and said my name.
“Yeah?”
“Promise me you won’t ever hurt Jess,” Jayden said.
“Of course not.”I was offended.“Why would I hurt her?”
“Dad said she adores you, and we have to be careful when she grows up.”
At ten I didn’t fully understand what he was saying, but I sort of did.I guess Jayden felt the same.
