Chapter 162

• Ashley came over, scowled at her husband, and slapped him on the arm. "You never told me that you had a brother. You told me that all of your family was dead!"
• "I didn't lie to you, dear, but it never came up in conversation either," James said, rubbing his arm. "What I told you was true. Mom, Dad, and my sister were all killed in a car accident that I'm starting to think was caused by that French Bitch. Judging from what I've been able to uncover in all of her books and journals. Anyway, Dad has... had... a son my age from a woman that he'd been dating right before he met my mother. My half brother's mom married someone else as did my old man." James let out a small sigh. "After my family was killed, I used wonder if he got the better deal sometimes in regards to family."
• "Oh!" Ashley now felt guilty. "Well, you got me now." she said, wrapping herself around his arm. "I was worth the trouble, wasn't I," she asked, batting her brilliant green eyes up at him. James smiled and kissed her on the forehead. "So what became of him?" she asked.