Sweet Temptation

 

Monday morning.



Keisha woke up at 6AM. She tried falling back asleep but the thought of her doctor calling today made her anxious. She went for a run and returned with missed calls. Her heart raced then slowed when she saw it was Damon who had called her. She redialed his number.



“Hello?”



“Hey Damon.”



“Hey, you sound awake.” He didn’t sound angry anymore.



“Yeah, I just went for a run. What’s up?”



“Keisha, I wanted to say I’m sorry, I’ve been acting like a dick . . .”



While Damon continued talking Keisha zoned out. All day on Sunday she didn’t hear a word from Damon, she had been looking to talk to him more about Damon’s drug history, something she couldn’t have asked Billy.



“Can I come over?”



“Yeah, I have work today at 11. I’m hopping in the shower now and then I’ll make breakfast. Are you coming now.”



Damon said yes and the siblings hung up. Keisha took a long shower, feeling her heart still beating fast, she needed to hear the results fast. She dressed for work and started cooking breakfast for her and Damon, eggs and bacon and toast. Her appetite was lost. She opened her door to pick up her newspaper and saw Matt heading out.



“Matt! Hey!”



He turned around to reveal his new bandage above his eye. Keisha felt bad, this was the second time his face was busted because of Billy although Matt didn’t seem to care.



“Hey,” he was in a hurry, instead of stopping to chat with Keisha he pushed the button to the elevator.



“Wait, Matt, we still haven’t talked about Friday night. I haven’t even heard from you-”



“Keisha, I can’t talk right now,” he checked his watch.



“Are you avoiding me?"



“No-”



“Are you free after work?”



“No, I’m not,” he said harshly and stepped in the elevator.



Keisha’s jaw slightly unhinged, confused at his reaction, he was so cold. She heard the elevators doors closed and felt her heart break, he never acted that way. She shook her head, Damon was coming over soon and she needed to prepare for him.



It was almost 9:00 and Damon arrived. She made him coffee and they sat down together at the breakfast table.



“We haven’t had a proper family talk yet,” Keisha joked.



Damon chuckled. “Yeah you’re right. There isn’t much to report, anyways.”



“Andy’s having a baby.”



“Yep,” he nodded while spreading jam on his toast.



“And mom and dad? Have they . . . asked about me?”



Damon looked at her as if searching for an answer and at the same time giving a face as if saying “You already know the answer to that”.



“They sent a check. I have to remember to give it to you before you leave.”



“I don’t want it.”



“If I take it I’m gonna end up giving you money, it’s the same shit, just take it.”



“I don’t want your money either.”



“I wouldn’t be playing messager if you hadn’t left us,” his voice started to become icy.



Keisha felt the emotions building up within her.



“Forget it, let’s talk about something else.”



While watching her brother eat she decided not to ask him about Billy and his friends and his usage of drugs. This time she felt something strange with her brother, a distance that she developed with her mom and dad and her eldest brother, Andy. She was upset when Charlie revealed his “secret” but now she felt that it didn’t matter. If she were to bring it up Damon would either avoid the subject or admit that he does it and continue doing it, whether Keisha was upset about it or not. She knew her brother’s actions too well.



She felt down; first Matt was being cold to her and now Damon was acting the same too.



Her iPhone started ringing from her bedroom.



“I’ll be right back,” she ran to her bedroom and saw that her doctor was calling her. “Dr. Walters?” She closed her bedroom door.



“Good morning, Miss Ali, how are you? Your results came in-”



“And?!”



She heard her doctor give a warm laugh through the phone. “Keisha, your results came back in and everything is fine.”



“Seriously?!” Keisha felt herself smile. “I’m clean? I have nothing?”



“Yes honey, your results came back clean and perfect. Just do me a favor, sweetie, always carry protection with you. Okay?”



“Okay, thank you so much Dr. Walters.”



“You’re welcome. If you want to pick up your papers just stop by the office anytime. Have a good day.”



Keisha hung up and felt excited. She jumped on her bed and jumped up a few times to get the energy out of her. Then she came onto the floor and put on a straight face before going to the kitchen. She knew it was going to be a good day.



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“You didn’t ask him anything?” Charlie asked while Keisha tied bouquets together at Rue.



“No, I just left it. I don’t know, I felt weird talking to Damon today. Just . . . seeing the way he acted that night, I mean I’ve seen him lose his temper but this time he was worse. And then today we were eating breakfast and I didn’t feel the same with him. Like we’re not close anymore.”



“I see,” Charlie nodded. She didn’t want to push the family topic further at her work.. “How’s Aiden?”



“Ugh, he’s still pissed. Not at me, at Damon. He got a black eye from him, he’s tried covering it up with makeup.”



“And Matt?”



“I have no idea,” she shook her head. “I wanted to talk to him, I’m still annoyed at what he did in front of everyone at 138, it was embarrassing and I got hurt in the process. I was hoping to do it right after I had that talk with you. But he wasn’t in his apartment yesterday. I left him a message on Saturday then yesterday and he hasn’t responded back to me. Then I saw him this morning and he was acting like a jerk, like he didn’t want to talk to me.”



“That’s weird. Maybe he’s embarrassed,” Charlie shrugged.



“I don’t know, he’s pretty good about talking things out with me. I asked him if he was free after work and he just said no and walked away. Without even looking at me.”



Charlie thought for a moment and shrugged again. “And what about Mr. Badass?”



Keisha laughed. “I still need to speak to him, I don’t know what to do with him. I think I’m seeing him tonight.”



“What, you’re giving him one for the road before you dump him?”



“Charlie.”



“I’m just kidding . . . not really.”



“Is it bad that I wanna give him a second chance?”



Charlie raised her eyebrow. “At what? And what about Matt?”



Keisha sighed. “Charlie, my feelings are so torn between the two, I don’t know what to do,” she lowered her voice so Emma wouldn’t hear. “I feel like I’m stuck in the middle, there’s good and bad about both guys, I don’t know how to choose. And the way Matt acted this morning . . . maybe he’s just over it.”



Charlie pressed her lips together, she wasn’t very sure what to tell her friend. “You know what, I don’t know either. I know a lot more about Matt because I’ve socialized with him and I’ve seen where he lives and I know what he does, I don’t know anything about Billy. You’re obviously seeing something that I don’t.”



“So, what does that mean?”



“I still like Matt a lot. You guys are so cute together, but hey, your choice. Just be careful.”



Keisha nodded.



“Adam called me yesterday.”



“Really? What happened?”



“He went away for the week because his mom got into an accident. I feel awful.”



“Is she okay?”



“Yeah, she’s fine, she got into a really bad car accident. I’m seeing him tonight,” she smiled. “I have a heart to heal.”



Keisha laughed.



“Let me know what happens with you and Billy. If you need saving, call me.”



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When Keisha left work in the hot evening weather she check her phone to see if there were any missed messages from Matt but she didn’t see any. As she walked to the park she thought of reasons why he acted so cold earlier in the morning. She thought he could’ve been busy helping Spencer with the wedding. Or maybe he really was embarrassed to talk about it. Either way she was a bothered that he left without any word of wanting to talk to her about 138. With the thoughts flying around her head she arrived at the park and looked for Billy. She found him sitting on a bench near one of the park’s statues.



“Hey!”



Billy looked up and saw the smile on her face.



“Good news?” he asked.



She nodded. “Yeah, the doctor called me this morning . . . my results came back clean.”



Billy stood up and hugged her then kissed her.



“Does this mean we can finally fuck again?” he chuckled.



Keisha laughed, she almost wanted to say yes.



“Billy can we talk a little first?” Be strong Keisha, she told herself. Be stern.



“Let’s go somewhere private, I really want you, then we can talk.”



“No, because what you really mean is let’s have sex and not talk at all.”



She could tell he was getting annoyed.



“Babe, I promise we will-”



“No, because after we have sex you’re just going to run away again.”



Billy let go of her and looked around. “Fine,” he pulled out a cigarette and sat on the bench.



“Tell me about your ex-girlfriends. How many did you have?”



“What? That’s what you wanna talk ‘bout?”



“I have to start somewhere. It’s the least painful, I talked about my past, you never talk about yours.”



Billy lit his cigarette and took a few moments to answer. “I’ve never had a girlfriend.”



“Seriously?” she was glad to see how easy that was.



“I’ve been with girls, just not like that.”



“Okay, how many girls have you been with?”



“I don’t know-”



“Billy-”



“I’m serious, I don’t know. I don’t keep track with that shit.”



“Well, how many would you say? Like . . . Ten? Twenty? Five?”



Billy laughed at the last number. “Why does this matter?”



“You know everything about the guys that I dated. I don’t know who you’ve been with. I don’t even know when you lost your virginity.”



Billy looked at her. “Fourteen.”



Keisha’s eyes almost widened but she contained herself. It shouldn’t have been much of an odd number to her considering Charlie lost hers at fifteen.



“Oh . . .”



“I’ve been with girls since, just messing around, never had anything serious.”



She watched him smoke his cigarette and she could tell he was uncomfortable. The little piece of information explained a lot about him, no wonder why he was so terrible at keeping up with Keisha. She moved closer to him on the bench and wrapped her arm around his. She wanted to ask him more questions but she didn’t want to overwhelm him just yet.



“Thank you,” she kissed his shoulder. “Damon doesn’t know anything about us.”



“You gonna tell him?”



She shook her head. “No. Just don’t say anything to him. Okay?”



He nodded and then looked at her. “Ready?"



"No, I still have one more thing to ask you . . . How do you know about my brother?"



“Don’t you think it’d be better if you talked to Damon?”



“No, I want to hear it from you,” she didn’t want to go over her feelings about her brother right then.



“I met him last year through a friend. I’ve known him since, I really didn’t know he had a sister,” he looked at Keisha. “You guys have the same skin tone but you don’t look alike.”



“What else? I know you guys aren’t drinking pals, I know there’s more.”



Billy looked at her as if he didn’t want to speak of it further.



“I know he does drugs, it’s not news to me.”



Billy took a pull of his cigarette. “You sure you wanna hear this?”



Keisha nodded.



“He wanted something from a guy I know, the guy couldn’t give it to him so he asked me and that’s how I met Damon. He was cool, he hung around me for a while to get his name around, said he wanted to sell back at home. He made his connections then left. He couldn’t come back for months because he got a little too social with the wrong people. When that died down he came back.”



Keisha noticed Billy was trying hard to use his words carefully and his explanation was blunt. She also felt heartbroken at the story; she felt that Damon wasn’t coming to town to see her, he was just here for business.



“But that night, you knew, you knew that I was his sister.”



“Not until he came back a few days ago. He called me, saying he wanted to see me and then he mentioned something about seeing his sister. The more he talked about his sister I made the connection, I knew it had to be you.” He looked at Keisha. “I thought you were running away from me, I wanted a way to talk to you but then you brought that mother fucker with you that night.”



He put out his cigarette and stared in front of him, Keisha couldn’t tell if he was looking at the people walking their dogs and others sitting on the grass or if he was just absently looking into space.



“I wanna keep you,” he looked at her again, her beautiful face. “You’re so damn precious, I don’t want anyone else to have you.”



Keisha smiled at him and leaned on his shoulder, then she leaned forward and kissed him. Billy pulled his arm away from her and wrapped it around her shoulders pulling her into a kiss. She could taste the cigarette on his lips and she didn’t care. She touched his face, her fingers moving against his facial hair and she felt her body tingle. Billy moved his tongue along her soft bottom lip and bit it. Keisha pulled out and let out a little giggle, she didn’t want to show too much PDA in public.



“Let’s go somewhere.”



“Billy, let’s just sit here for a while.”



“Keisha, I haven’t been with you in a week. You’re teasing me right now, you know that?”



“How? I’m not even doing anything.”



“With that cute dress you have on, I can’t stop thinking about bending you over and fucking you from behind,” he snaked his hand past her knee and Keisha stopped him by grabbing his hand and pressing her legs together.



“Billy! For goodness sake, we’re in public! And there’s children around!”



Billy laughed at her reaction. “So? Your place?”



Keisha bit her lip. The thought of her bringing Billy back to her place suddenly bothered her, Matt wasn’t home but she couldn’t help wonder if it was wrong to do.



“Thinking ‘bout pretty boy?”



“I wish you’d stop calling him that, and no, I’m not.”



“Then what? What if he never moved in your building? Where would we be now?”



Keisha didn’t answer, it was a good question and she honestly didn’t know.



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When the elevator doors opened Keisha stared at Matt’s door in the corner as her and Billy walked to her apartment. At first she felt guilty about bringing him with Matt next door but his actions this morning made her think that maybe he was turning away. Her thoughts melted when Billy touched her as she slipped the key in her door.



“C’mon baby, I need you right now,” he whispered in her ear.



As she opened the door Billy picked her up and threw her onto the couch. He kissed her deeply while grabbed her breasts, it was as if he hadn’t seen her in months. He lifted her legs and reached under her dress to pull down her panties. He spread her legs and stopped, his eyes widened at the view. Keisha had almost forgotten about her newly waxed pussy.



“Fuck, baby,” he touched her dark pussy lips, it was smooth like the rest of her skin. He rubbed the back of his fingers on her pussy, coating his skin with her juices.



Keisha felt her body relax, his touch felt so good to her she wanted more. She watched him while he was in a trance at the bare sight. Billy wasted no time and buried his face in between her legs. Keisha gasped at the feeling of his tongue lapping away at her drenched pussy. The feeling was so much more different, she felt more exposed and sensitive. She moaned louder while Billy kept her thighs open. His facial hair tickled her pussy and added more pleasure, she felt his mouth and tongue move down to her hole and then . . .



“Billy, no!” she tried closing her legs when he moved down to her asshole. He already had played with her ass but never orally. “Stop!”



“Baby, relax, I love the way you taste,” he drawled.



He forced her legs opened and pulled her hips towards his face as he began tonguing her little ass hole. She moved away from him and he pulled her again. He rubbed the bud of her pussy with his thumb. She pushed his head away.



“I don’t like this,” she admitted.



He stopped and pulled away.



“Take off your clothes,” he demanded as he tugged on her dress. “And get your vibrator.”



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Matt got out of work late, another embarrassing day of fresh bruises on his face. This time his story was almost true: he told his co-workers he gotten into a fight at a bar at 138 with a drunk guy who was looking for a fight.



He drove over to his sister’s place, on the way he thought about the way he spoke to Keisha earlier in the day. He felt bad for giving her the cold shoulder but he couldn’t think straight. With Sam still missing, his parents breaking down and his sister in distress of her wedding his mind was overloaded with stress. He figured he’d apologize to her soon with an explanation.



He parked in front of his sister’s place. The neighborhood houses were lit from the inside and stood quietly, the only sounds filling the air were the crickets.



“That’s a nice ride you got there.”



Matt turned around and closed the door of his car. A man was walking down the suburban sidewalk, skinny, tall and with wild brown hair and thin, wiry glasses sat on his face.



“Thanks,” said Matt, assuming he was a neighbor although he’s never seen him before.



“You a friend of Sam?”



“I’m his brother, you know Sam?”



“The name’s Carl,” he shook hands with Matt. “Me and Sam worked together.”



“Have you seen him lately?”



“Nope, heard he disappeared. Guess he’s a debt runaway.”



“I’m sorry?”



“Damn, you must’ve gotten into some fight, look at your face. You Evans boys stick your bratty noses in the wrong places,” he said with a laugh.



Matt suddenly felt something was entirely wrong with this guy. “Who the hell are you?”



Carl stopped laughing, as if he were bipolar his mood changed from sarcastic to crazy and angry. “You tell that faggot brother of yours he can’t run away from the shit he creates, if he doesn’t get my money I’ll fuck you and your brother up.”



Matt couldn’t believe what he was hearing about his brother, he thought this was over.



“Does this have to do with Billy?” Matt asked. “If it-!”



“Your brother is full of shit. Imma fuckin’ kill that little shit if he doesn’t pay me back!” Carl yelled, his skinny face angry and red.



“Get off this property, now,” Matt pulled out his phone, “Or else I’ll call the cops.”



Carl threw his body back with his hands in his pockets and let out a loud laugh.



“That’s your fucking threat? Oh man,” he kept laughing. “This is why I love living around you rich fucks, scared of shit and don’t know how to fight back. Go ahead and call the cops, I have a lovely relationship with them.”



Matt watched him walk away, he didn’t know what else to say to him.



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Keisha was looking for her vibrator when Billy entered her bedroom. She was knelt to the floor, looking for it in her bottom drawer. He towered over her with his hard cock in one hand and his belt in the other.



“I can’t find it-”



“Stay right there, stick your ass out and don’t move.”



Keisha froze. She cried when she felt a stinging sensation on her ass cheeks.



“Stay still!” he growled and spanked her again with the belt. She cried out again. “Turn around, suck my cock,” he demanded as she turned to him.



Keisha looked up at his masculine figure, the image of his tattooed, muscular chest made her legs weak. Her face gravitated towards his crotch and she rubbed her face against his thick, warm meat, inhaling his musky scent. She never realized how much she missed his cock, she hungrily took him in his mouth and began sucking. Billy watched the beauty suck his throbbing head, lick his shaft and finally moving down to his balls.



“Wow baby, you really missed me,” he said.



She giggled and flipped her hair over to one side that drove Billy crazy. He leaned over and spanked her ass again, she cried on his cock and pulled away.  



“No, no, baby, stay on my cock,” he kept his hand on her head as he spanked her again.



The pain on her ass felt like fire, she could’ve told him to stop but her pussy twitched every time his belt made contact with her skin. He pushed her head further down his thick cock, her jaw stretched and his head reaching to the back of her throat. She felt like she could barely breathe as she tried sucking him. Finally, he pulled out of her mouth and carried her to the bed. Billy licked her pussy then made his way up her body and made eye contact with her. Keisha watched his green eyes stare at her as he licked her nipples. She felt her pussy getting more wet and then looked away at his intensity. Billy moved up, licked her neck and bit her flesh causing her back to arch.



“Guess we don’t need a condom?” he whispered in her ear.



She looked at him with a little panic and wonder. The results proved she was clean meaning that he obviously was. She told herself there was nothing to worry about.



“Don’t cum in me, please,” was all she could bravely say.



“I won’t, baby.”



She felt him spread her legs and she gave a little gasp when he rubbed his cock against her pussy lips.



“Fuck, this feels so fuckin’ good,” he said.



She loved hearing his comments of pleasure, it make her feel that she was doing her job at pleasing him. She reached down and rubbed the top of his warm shaft. He leaned back into her ear and whispered with his deep voice, making her body shiver.



“You already know how a real man fucks, why you keep running back to him?”



Keisha didn’t have time to think or respond, she moaned loudly and grabbed his tattooed arms when he pounded his cock into her. He pulled out and thrusted hard in her tight hole, this time she moaned louder. She could feel her nipples harden and graze against his skin. She had forgotten what he had said when her mind drifted to the unbelievable feeling of her pussy; her exposed sex was extremely sensitive to his hair tickling her bud and she wasn’t sure if it was her mind making it up but his cock felt even deeper in her pussy than before.



Billy pushed back on her thighs and began fucking her hard, his cock easily slipping into her wet pussy and the softness of her lips brushing against his length. He listened to her loud moans and watched the painful and pleasurable expression on her face as he pounded into her body. He grabbed her wrists and forced them over her head as he drove his hips into hers. He kept his ear close to her lips to hear her cries and moans. Finally he stopped and picked up her body, repositioning them until she was on top.



“Ride me,” he demanded.



Her heart was racing even faster but then her hips began to move on instinct. She gasped and stopped at the new feeling then yelped when he spanked her ass. She placed her hands on his hard chest and bobbed her ass up and down with his hands on her hips to guide her. Billy looked down watching his white cock disappear and reappear in between her beautiful brown legs. His cock was glistening with her sweet juices. He licked his thumb and rubbed her now exposed bud making her moan even more. He looked up at her bouncing breasts, his cock twitched at the erotic site above his body.



“Fuck!” she breathed out loud. He smirked as he continued to rub her pussy. He loved hearing her curse while they had sex, she never did it otherwise and it gave him the proof that she was in a high. Her pussy clenched around his cock.



“Don’t cum yet,” he said. She stopped her movements and was punished with a spank on her ass that followed with a yelp. “I told you not to cum, I didn’t tell you to stop.”



As she continued her movements Billy pulled her body down towards his and caressed the smooth skin on her back.



“Good girl,” he said to her.



Her hips kept moving but at a slower pace. She kissed him on the lips and slid her tongue against his. “I wanna cum,” she said on his lips.



“No,” he placed his hands behind his head.



Keisha grabbed his arms and shoulders as she kissed him.



“Please, Billy,” she begged. “Let me cum on your cock.”



“Such a dirty slut,” he spanked her ass again with one free hand. “Go ahead.”



She quickly resumed to her fast movements, her hips moving along his length as her pussy rubbed against his skin.



“AH!” She yelled out as she rode him, her stretched pussy clenching around his thick cock, she rode him until she was too sensitive and her legs were weak.



She rolled off of him, her body in a hot mess. He looked at her as she tried to catch her breath while recovering from her orgasm. He grabbed his cock and watched her, giving her a few seconds to recover. Then he picked up her hips and moved her into a doggystyle position. Keisha wasn’t very much ready but she didn’t protest. She felt him wipe her juices away with a cloth, maybe a piece of clothing she left on her bed, before entering his cock into her. She grabbed onto her blanket and arched her back as she felt his cock move deeper into her. Billy grabbed her round ass and smack it causing her to yelp. She even pushed her hips towards him. He grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled it as he rocked his hips back and forth slowly. He stared at her little asshole that was begging for attention, forgetting about the vibrator he shoved his thumb in her tight hole.



He felt her panic when she moved her body away but Billy kept in her place. He sped up his pace, his balls openly smacking against her exposed pussy causing Keisha to moan loudly. He felt her body clenched around his cock and he smirked, knowing she was about to cum again. He let go of her ass and grabbed her hips as he pounded into her harder to make her cum faster.



“Ah, fuck!” Keisha spat out, feeling her body being worked over by his.



The new feeling of his balls hitting her pussy stimulated an orgasm, Keisha felt herself holding her breath as she came on his cock. She breathed again as it happened, the tingling feeling between her pussy and lower belly had now begun to hurt.



“Don’t cum in me!” she remembered to remind him as he grunted above her.



He thrusted in her hard a few times then pulled out followed by pulling her body to the edge of the ebd and flipping her over. He didn’t have to demand her to suck his cock, she moved quickly as she sat up and started to rub his balls as she took his wet cock in her mouth.



“Good girl,” he whispered while pushing her head down his length further. “Look at me,” she looked up with her big brown eyes while moving up and down his cock. He grabbed her head pulled her back and forth making her suck his cock faster. Her eyes began to water but she never stopped.



Keisha squeezed his balls gently in the palm of her hand. She could taste his precum as she rolled her lips over her teeth and worked up her saliva. She sucked him for a while until he pulled her off and began jerking off his cock over her face. Streams of hot cum fell on her face and neck, she felt herself getting excited by the act. Once he stopped she licked the tip of his cock causing him to shudder slightly then she rubbed his salty juice from her face to her lips and swallowed. Billy never took his eyes off of her. Once she was done he crawled over her and laid on her body as they kissed.



“I need a shower,” Keisha said.



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Damon was walking along Westington Street towards Keisha’s apartment. He was going downtown that night but first he wanted to visit his sister for a little while. He finally reached his destination then stopped when he spotted something familiar down the street. He walked down further and saw Billy’s black Mustang parked along the sidewalk. Damon felt confused and tried to call him but he didn’t answer. His instincts weren’t clear but he ran back to Keisha’s building and began buzzing her apartment number.



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After Keisha gained her strength Billy followed her into the shower. As she entered the tub he stared at the water trickling down her body. This was the first time he’d seen her like this.



“Come here,” she said.



He joined her and they closed the shower curtain. Keisha moved the shower head so it could fall evenly between them. Billy touched her wet skin and didn’t notice when she grabbed the bar of soap. She rubbed her body with the soap knowing he’d enjoy the site; trails of soapy white liquid began to stream along her dark breasts and her curvy hips. She bit her lip when she felt his cock touching the side of her hip.



Billy kissed her then moved down to lick and kiss her neck. Keisha stopped paying attention to the feeling when she thought she heard something.



“Billy, stop for a second . . .”



“What?” he pulled away.



She froze, then she jumped out of the shower. Billy pushed back the curtain and saw that Keisha had disappeared. She ran back in the bathroom and turned off the shower.



“Get out!” she panicked.



“What?!”



“Damon’s downstairs-shit! Oh my god, you have to hide-”



“Hide where?” Billy asked without even moving.



“Just stay in my bedroom, he never comes in my room, just stay in there, put your phone on silent and just-just stay quiet,” she spoke fast while putting on her robe.



Billy wasn’t taking her seriously and just stood in the hallway.



“Get in the bedroom!” she said urgently without wanting to yell. She pushed his larger figure into her room. She ran to the living room and back to her bedroom, tossing his clothes to him.



“I’ll just put my clothes on-”



“If Damon finds you in here he’ll kill me. I’m beggin you-” she heard a knock on her door. “Just stay quiet.”



Keisha, her heart pounding against her chest, closed her bedroom door, tightened the knot on her plush robe and put her wet hair in a bun.



“Damon, hey,” she said in a surprised voice.



They kissed hello and Damon walked in immediately without saying anything else. She had a strong suspicion that he knew something was up.



“You didn’t tell me you were coming.”



“You surprised? I thought it was okay for me to pop in your place?”



“Yeah, of course, I was just in the shower, you’re lucky I even heard you,” she giggled awkwardly.



Damon nodded and reached in his back pocket. He pulled out two checks from his wallet and handed it to her.



“One’s from mom and dad and the other’s from me.”



Keisha didn’t take the checks.



“Damon, I told you I don’t want it.”



“Dammit, Keisha,” he grabbed her hand and shoved the checks in her hand, “Just take the-” he stopped when his eyes were locked onto something near the door.



Keisha looked and her heart jumped in her chest when she saw Billy’s black worn and dirty boots laying amongst her shoes.



She turned back around and tried to play dumb by shrugging her shoulders. “What?”



“Whose shoes are those?”



“I had Matt here before, he left his shoes here,” she said. Dumbest. Lie. Ever. she told herself.



“Really? Prissy boy Matt wears those?” Damon pointed.



She tried pushing the subject around. “Damon, if you’re still mad at Matt-”



“Where is he?” he asked.



His tone turned into ice and Keisha knew this would be difficult to get out of.



“I’m not telling you where he lives,” she said, still trying to play dumb.



“I’m not talking about Matt. Where is he?!”



Keisha froze, she was stuck. She knew she couldn’t push the lie deeper, Damon wasn’t buying it.



“Right here.”



Both siblings turned to the deep voice that came out of her bedroom. Billy stood there, thankfully dressed for Keisha’s sake. The tension in the air became dark and still, Keisha wished this was the moment she would black out.