Chapter 3: three


    The tension in the car was so thick that it can be cut with a knife, I sat silently in the passenger seat of


    Dimitri''s Audi whereas Oliver sat quietly in the back, none of us tried to make a conversation.


    long story short, Dimitri bailed us out. he threw bundles of cash on the cop''s table who eagerly


    snatched it while grinning happily, ''good for him''


    "What the hell were you thinking?" was the first thing that came out of Dimitri''s mouth after almost 10


    minutes of excruciating silence


    "I''m sorry, it''s my fault" Oliver apologized grimly, wincing while he did so.


    "Damn right, you are" he gripped the steering wheel "and what the hell are you wearing?" he asked me


    in a booming voice, I jumped in my seat.


    "I rushed out as soon as I got his call," avoiding eye contact, pulling the coat closer to my body.


    "I don''t care what you do together at least don''t screw up like this" was all he said before he pulled into


    our driveway, he smalled the door on his way out and marched towards the front door.


    I nced back at Oliver who was looking at Dimitri''s figure until he disappeared behind the door, he


    then looked at me with wide eyes.


    "What the hell? did he assume we were going behind his back" he yelled in disbelieve, I shook my


    head and followed behind Dimitri


    he was in the kitchen leaning in front of the refrigerator "it''s not what you think" I said but he ignored me


    like always but I continued "we were not together when he was arrested "I said hoping he would at


    least look at me


    he snorted when the words left my mouth "right" he said pulling a beer bottle out of the fridge. "so, you


    just magically appeared next to him in the cell" he shook his head chuckling angrily


    "it''s not like that, " I said moving to stand in front of him, he narrowed his dark grey eyes at me and


    looked at my shirt (his shirt) and something shed in his eyes but he didn''t voice it. "Oliver called me


    after his arrest and that''s when I left to the police station to bail him out" I was practically begging him


    to believe me


    "She is right, I called her to bail me out. that''s all," Oliver said walking inside and stood next to the


    dining table.


    "why her?" he asked pissed at him "why didn''t you call me? did you even consider the time when you


    call her and at the police station at that" he yelled making us flinch


    "I didn''t know you were back in town," he said shifting nervously in his feet, "but you''re right, I shouldn''t


    have involved her" he sounded apological but Dimitri narrowed his eyes and looked between both of us


    and huffed "you are 27 years old Oliver act your age for one fucking minute" he cursed tightening his


    grip on his beer bottle. he was breathing hard in anger.


    "I don''t know what is going on between the two of you, but at least don''t get caught" with that he left us


    standing in the kitchen in confusion and frustration, I gripped my hair in frustration and marched up to


    him and roughly pulled his arm stopping him on his way.


    "Nothing is going on between us," I said clenching my jaw "I went because he needed my help," I


    tighten my grip on his arm and he nced at his arm and raised an eyebrow, I let go of his arm and


    stood straight


    "I don''t care what you do behind my back or who you do Erika," he said it with such ease, it hurts, it so


    fucking hurts.


    " I''m gay," Oliver yelled after watching how intense our fight had gotten


    Dimitri looked at him stunned and then back at me, I tried not to look too smug.


    "I''m gay," Oliver said again but normally this time "I got into a fight with some homophobic scum and


    ended up in the cell, I didn''t know whom to call and since Erika knew about me, made it easier to


    choose," he exined in one breath looking at Dimitri expectantly.


    his expression changed. from angry to hurt and then betrayed, he usually doesn''t show any kind of


    emotions but here, right now. he was overflowing with it. "when?" he asked looking at his brother


    "what?" Oliver asked him confused


    "When did you know?" he asked gripping his beer bottle tightly in his hand, I was afraid it might break


    into pieces with the force he was applying, I moved aside so they can talk properly, Oliver had kept his


    secret for years and now was the first time he was epting his sexuality in front of his family member


    "When I was 12 years old" he mumbled not making any eye contact with his brother.


    "When did you know?" this time the question was shot towards me, I shifted in my feet " after we got


    married," I said, he let out a harsh breath and walked away.


    "well, that didn''t go too well" Olivermented sitting on the couch in the living room


    "there''s a first ade kit in the guest room," I said smiled, and went to my bedroom, Dimitri was leaning to


    the railing of the small balcony of our room which was rarely used, he sipped his beer staring far away


    into the night, his body was tense and he looked troubled.


    "He didn''t mean for me to find out," I said standing next to him, he didn''t even nce at me "I walked in


    on him in his clinic, before the rehearsal dinner " I exined and he just listened " he didn''t mean to


    keep this from you, he just didn''t know how to tell you" I reasoned with him on behalf of Oliver. "He


    didn''t  know how you would react, he was so scared when I walked in on him, he almost cried and


    begged me not to tell you, he wanted to be the one to tell you" he just listened, never interrupting


    "We were supposed to be best friends, we shared everything" his voice was low full of betrayal " is it


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    because we are not rted by blood? does he not think of me as his brother?" he asked, he was in so


    much pain. I have never seen him this vulnerable, I was holding myself back from hugging him, and


    god! I wanted to hug him so bad.


    "You may not share the same parents but he is still your brother and he loves you like one," I whispered


    not wanting to cross the thin line between us which will always be there.


    "If he did, then he wouldn''t have kept such a big secret from me," he said looking at the dark sky which


    was slowing fading into a beautiful morning.


    I red at him at his words "Now, you are just being a hypocrite Dimitri" he looked at me stunned not


    expecting a reaction from me. "You too are keeping a huge secret from him, not just him but your entire


    family," I said moving my hand back and forth between us "This is a lie, our marriage is a lie" he kept


    looking at me but with a nk expression


    "This has nothing to do with them," he said gulping down thest of his beer, I snickered amused and


    pissed


    "So is his sexuality," he red at me to just drop it but I continued, not knowing when I''ll get another


    chance to vent out my frustration "This marriage is a lie, our rtion is a lie, it''s just a stupid contract"