  ***POV - Melaena 
  &quot;Mom!  Mom!  We have a guest!  MOM!&quot;  Luke shouts excitedly as soon as we enter the house.  Hayley appears drying her hands on her apron.  Her surprised face lights up when she sees me and she walks forward, pulling me into a hug. 
  &quot;Melaena, I didn t know you were coming?  Is Damion with you?&quot;  She looks around expecting to see her son. 
  &quot;No,&quot; I say, not quite knowing how to explain, so I change the subject quickly, &quot;You have a beautiful home!  Very very beautiful.&quot;  She smiles softly and her green eyes are full of love. 
  &quot;Thank you.  Come, let s go to the kitchen.  I m dying for some feminine company.  I m stuck with these blockheads all the time.&quot;  She lovingly rubs her hand through Luke s dark locks. 
  &quot;She s going to play with me!&quot;  Luke pouts and I laugh at him. 
  &quot;I will, I promise.  Let 

  ***POV - Melaena
  He walks up the stairs and drops me unceremoniously onto a bed with a black and grey quilt.  The grey walls are covered with black-and-white photos of people doing tricks on motorcycles and skateboards.    
  &quot;Are you mentally crazy or don t you have any brains?  You can t just run off like that!  What if D got to you before I did?  Are you trying to get raped or something?&quot; I swallow down some spit.  I never thought about that.  But it s his fault, not mine. 
  &quot;Don t you lecture me, bone-dick!&quot; I point a finger at his nose, &quot;If you were just 10% a decent person, I wouldn t have to run.&quot;  He stays looking at me as if he wants to eat me alive. &quot;You freaking laughed at me!  I don t listen to cocky, self-absorbed, social-malfunctioning devils with no hearts.&quot; 
  He grabs me unexpectantly and kisses me so hard I swear my lips are 

  ***POV - Meleana 
  I wake up with a jump, coughing frantically as a bunch of water is dumped on my face.  I holler as the now wet shirt clings to my body and I glare to find whoever is responsible for this brutality.  My eyes fall on my oh so lovely doggone cotton-picking brother, the evidence of the crime still in his hand.  He grins from ear to ear before sprinting from the room. 
  &quot;Jackson blooming Blackburn!&quot;  I scream while pulling back the blanket from my soaked body and bolt after him. 
  &quot;I m going to kill you and then make sure your sperm can t reproduce!&quot;  I hear him howling from somewhere in the house and I run down the stairs and point-blank into a hard chest.  Strong arms grab my waist and hoist me in the air before I can fall smack on my face.   
  &quot;Careful, angel.&quot;  I see Jackson s face watching me with a huge grin from the kitchen and I f

***POV - Melaena 
  &quot;Mom!  Mom!  We have a guest!  MOM!&quot;  Luke shouts excitedly as soon as we enter the house.  Hayley appears drying her hands on her apron.  Her surprised face lights up when she sees me and she walks forward, pulling me into a hug. 
  &quot;Melaena, I didn t know you were coming?  Is Damion with you?&quot;  She looks around expecting to see her son. 
  &quot;No,&quot; I say, not quite knowing how to explain, so I change the subject quickly, &quot;You have a beautiful home!  Very very beautiful.&quot;  She smiles softly and her green eyes are full of love. 
  &quot;Thank you.  Come, let s go to the kitchen.  I m dying for some feminine company.  I m stuck with these blockheads all the time.&quot;  She lovingly rubs her hand through Luke s dark locks. 
  &quot;She s going to play with me!&quot;  Luke pouts and I laugh at him. 
  &quot;I will, I promise.  Let me just talk a little bit with your mom, ok.&quot;  He agrees and walks up some stairs.  
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Chapter 36 A mother's love