Stepbrother’s Inheritance by Stephanie Brother EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Stephanie Brother
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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I don’t know why this all has to fall to me. My stepmother’s dead and Dad’s
a wreck. She was his entire world and my stepbrother, well he’s off doing
his own thing.
My fingers trail along her shelf of bells. She had bells from all over the
world, every state, every place she ever visited. I pick up a delicate glass
one with doves and a small volcano pressed into the front. “Hawaii” it
reads. A slight twist of my wrist and its delicate tinkle falls into the silence
of the room.
The life is gone from this house.
As a stepmother, Meryl was all right. We weren’t close but she wasn’t
‘evil’ or ‘wicked’. She made my dad happy and that was all I really wanted
from her. After my biological mother left he was so depressed. I thought
he’d never be happy again. Now that Meryl’s gone he’s a wreck again,
buried at the bottom of a bottle and I don’t expect him to come up for a
while.
Opening the hallway closet there’s a box of pictures and scrapbooks on
the bottom shelf. I’m supposed to be sorting her belongings but this looks
more interesting. I grab the box and carry it to the dining room table. It’s
heavy, there must be a lot of books in here.
The pages crackle as I open the first one expecting to see childhood
memories. Instead it’s filled with articles, carefully cut from papers and
magazines and placed under laminate.
Ben. Of course.
Prince Benjamin Brandt Sets World Water Speed Record! The first
headline reads.
Prince of nothing. He’s not really a prince, that’s just what the media has
dubbed him. We’re Americans, I think there’s a law against us even having a
title. I shake my head as I turn the page trying not to look at the grainy
black and white photograph of him holding a trophy.
There are more photos of him at premieres with A-list actresses, club
openings with socialites, he must be good to have so many beautiful women
at his beck and call.
Benjamin Brandt To Build New Rocket for Speedboat
They go on and on. There’s not a single photograph of childhood, just
clippings of Ben’s exploits. Knots tighten in my stomach as I turn each
page, anger burning. It’s always about him. Ben’s so perfect. Ben can do no
wrong. Slamming the book closed I go over and jerk the fridge open but the
door refuses to open.
“Damn it!”
I pull with all my weight but it refuses to budge. Jerking on it, the door
opens with a pop and I fall backwards into the center island bruising my
kidneys. I stare into emptiness. Of course, they’ve already gotten rid of the
perishables leaving empty shelves lit up and waiting to be filled.
Tears fall unbidden. The door slowly closes and I sink to the floor. Those
empty shelves seem the perfect analogy for my life. Lit up and waiting to be
filled. I don’t try to stop my tears as they fall.
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