#Chapter 40: A Date

Renee’s POV I stay crouched down behind the desk, trying to wrap my head around the words I just heard. I try to conceive of another possible explanation for why Jasper would refer to someone as their father. Eric has never talked about his family much and whenever I brought it up I was met with a chilling silence. Eventually, I just stopped asking. I assumed they both were dead, but it sounds like his father is alive. I sit long enough that the cool tile begins to poke into my hips, but I ignore the throb. The more I think about Jasper and Eric being brothers, the crazier it seems. They’re nothing alike. “You can come out from there,” I hear a voice say and it takes me a second to realize it’s directed at me. I startle and bang my head on the bottom of the desk as I stand up causing a stapler to fall to the floor. I rub my head and wonder how many head injuries can one suffer a month before it becomes a problem. Jasper looks at me amused. “Your brothers?” I blurt out still