They had become even closer when their parents had split, which made the warmth from her body all the more comforting.“Can you hold me?” he trembl...d.Elena closed her thighs tightly and watched as her brother’s face distorted under her force. He looked up with loving eyes and slurred incoherently against her skin. If only she had always been able to silence him so easily. She stroked his thick dark hair as she clinched him in place.Jake felt wonderfully calm and protected between his sister’s. "You remember? Sonja told us her mother had shown up out of nowhere to try and browbeat her into doing her duty, so she was hiding out with Scott's family. Well, this dark, foreign-looking woman with a strange accent came into the store, wondering how to find Scott's house. I put two and two together before she made it back to her car, and was on the phone really quick. The two of them beat it out of town on about two minutes notice, and I think they stayed gone the rest of the summer. Scott's. "Are you two looking for some fun? You're such a good looking couple, I think you'll have a blast here." I noticed her looking at our hands for wedding rings and studying our faces."I think he'd like a chance to enjoy a lapdance from you. I saw how he was watching during your stage dance and he's craving something blonde tonight." Esther said that as easily and smoothly as making a pick from a wine list. Good thing we didn't have drinks or I might have choked on mine.The women exchanged smiles. When you're six-three and in shape to play football, you move through acrowd with authority, looking over shorter people and walking whereveryou want to walk. People get out of your way. Now though, I was no longera strong, powerful figure. My diminutive size made it difficult to seewhere I needed to go to get ahead. I was, I estimated, no more than five-five or five-six. While that made me as tall as many of the other girlsin the crowd, I was considerably shorter than most of the boys. Also,.