Forbidden Pleasures
Cousin’s Forbidden Affairs 13
Double Life
Maryann’s POV
Everything changed the very next morning. The fragile peace we had built inside the dusty storage shed was completely shattered before the morning sun could even clear the tops of the tall pine trees.
Just after we finished breakfast, the crunch of tires on the gravel driveway signaled her arrival. A sleek, expensive black car pulled up to the front of the lake house, its windows tinted dark. The entire family reacted as if royalty had just arrived. Aunt Lydia dropped her coffee mug onto the counter, her face lighting up with a massive, triumphant smile, and rushed toward the front door. Within seconds, everyone had swarmed out onto the wooden porch, lining up like a welcoming committee. I stood at the very ba
