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Regan blanches and sinks onto the couch, slowly shaking her head “See… this is such a stupid idea”
“Lance na out my last ace This won’t be news to her as she had to administer his estate I’m sure she saw it in his will He’d told o Granted… that was if he died while you were still a minor, but his intent was clear He wanted me to take care of you if he couldn’t, and that is exactly what I’an Please don’t make it so I dishonor that memory”
They’re the words that were needed I can see the capitulation in the way her shoulders sink, and I hate she’s so averse to co the right thing Wherever Lance is, he’s nodding his approval right now
“Fine,” she finally says on a huff of resignation She stands, not putting her eye to eye with h I can’t mistake the determination in her eyes “I’ll coet my treatment I’ll live in your house”
“You’ll love Phoenix—”
“Whatever,” she interrupts diset she’s not happy about the need for this “But I want this kept a secret It’s distasteful tothe system”
“We’re saving your life, Regan” That co in surprise “Fuck the system They shouldn’t oddamn dollars a year just so you can live”
She inclines her head, causing some of her lustrous hair to fall over her shoulder It’s so soft looking I itch to touch it, and I realize all at once… this is going to be a problem for me to have her in my home
Going to be an absolute monster of a problem
“Fine,” she agrees softly, and ly soft lips she presses against htly onright now She pulls away, catchingmy life, but I still want it kept secret Tell people I’ out with you for a while”
“I can do that,” I agree
And it appears that was about as rouilt hits me in the chest, but I dismiss it
Like we just agreed
We’re saving her lifeCHAPTER 3ReganI set the photo of Lance and e of the frao when he’d coone out to dinner after Our waiter took it Lance and I are s broadly, and that’s because it looked likeout a lot differently than e’d first thought after getting nosis
Only a few days before Lance had come out to California, Salvistis had received FDA approval and er to start a treat because his little sister would not die, and let’s face it… I was s mostly for the same reason
But also because I was sihter than tight, given the fact he took over raising me after our parents died I’d only been fourteen and he hadn’t been much of a seasoned adult at only nineteen, but he’d ed so drastically Losingtofor the Vipers I went from aand so parents to a brother who traveled a lot
During that time, I had a nanny to stay with ot older, the nanny sort of went by the wayside and I would often stay with friends Lance approved of and who had proper parental units involved We h I was alone a lot of the time, I never felt that way Lance and I spoke or FaceTimed at least once a day and texted what seemed like a o to college, our contact never lessened He was brother, rief over his loss hurts so bad I can’t breathe