Chapter 11

• SKIN TO SKIN
• AVA I remember swear time has slowed down since I last looked at my watch. Ever since I found out my brother was coming home for a visit, I’ve been pacing the house like a caged lion, and it’s not just because I’ve missed my older brother. No, it’s because he texted and said he was bringing Josh with him, the man I’ve secretly been in love with for as long as I can remember.
• My parents had me late in life—what they lovingly call a happy accident—so my brother is twelve years older than me, and Josh is the same age. That makes him a thirty-one to my nineteen. That’s not weird, I remind myself, and if I’m being honest, I don’t care even if it is. There’s something about Josh that just drives me crazy. He often comes for visits when Josh is in town, and I vividly remember all the times he would spend the night over here after I turned eighteen, and how I would fuck myself until my pussy was sore, screaming his name into my pillow.