Lila
As the days went by at the resort, things started to feel different. Marcus began acting a little strange. I could see the guilt in his eyes when we passed each other with the family. In the evening, he asked me to meet him on a quiet terrace away from everyone. The sun was setting and the sky looked pretty with orange and pink colors. My heart felt heavy because I knew something was wrong.
“Lila, we have to stop this,” he said in a low, sad voice. He looked so serious with his rugged face all tight. “I’m forty-five and you’re only twenty-three. I’m your step-uncle. Your dad’s brother. This is so wrong. We can’t keep sneaking around like this. What if someone finds out? It would destroy the family.”
I felt my chest hurt. Tears came to my eyes but I held them back. “But I don’t want
