Lucas pulled himself out of the water and clasped his cane. "I think we should call it a night."
"Okay. Good night."
He nodded coldly and walked into the house.
***
The next few days were inevitably awkward, and they both had been avoiding one another. Skylar couldn't comprehend what madness had possessed her when she decided to share that story with her brother. This was a side of her he was never meant to discover. She badly wanted to make things right between them again, but she couldn't gather the courage to approach him.
When they hadn't spoken for more than four days, she decided that enough was enough. She looked for an opportune moment to confront him and found one when he was doing his workout. She walked out to the deck and climbed down the steps that led to their backyard.
