“Forty Two”
Ben sat on the longer couch inside his father's office while he waited for Boon to decide whether to listen to him and stay or leave.
Boon took one of the single couches opposite his older brother. "Maybe now's the best time for me to hear why you're so against our kids being together. I know how much you care for the family, P'Ben. And I know you wouldn't go to such underhanded tactics to separate them without telling us, Finn's parents."
Ben took a heavy sigh. His chest had been hurting more than his head ever since he entered the manor and saw Finn and Bran together. "It's wrong, Boon. You know that, too. They couldn't be together. Same blood? From both sides. We're brothers. Ram and Irene are siblings. What if--"
"What if what, P'Ben?"
"I don't know, Boon... You tel
