Reassurance.

chapter ten.

"So, can I ask you about your brothers?" Jamie asked me. This was the start of us getting to know each other.

"What do you want to know?"

"Well, I have only been here two days and theyre everywhere I go. I havnt seen your parents yet."

"Ah. Luca and Adam are my legal guardians. I mean, we have parents but they travel the world together for business, they couldnt take care of me so Luca and Adam took over when I was 11."

"Okay. So how come your parents travel so much?"

"Well You've probably heard of my mum, Carla Hepburn?" His eyes lit up at this and he moved his bosy round to face me, pointing at the logo on his top. It was in fact a top from my mums collection. His finger hovered over the large letters 'C.H'

"Oh my god, Really?! I love your mums collection!"

"Thankyou. Well, yeah Carla Hepburn is my mum and she travels to design clothes for celebrities and their red carpet events. My dad, Michael Hepburn is a photographer, they work together because when she desines, he then takes the photos for their advertising."

"Oh, it makes sense now. So you're pretty close with your brothers?"

"Very. It can be weird, living with boys and not having a female figure in your life. Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if they were constantly at home, as a family. I never thought they would want to hand the responsibility over to my brothers after..." I stopped dead in my tracks realising I had been rambling on. He couldnt know my secret, not yet, he hadnt gained the trust and given me reassurance that I so desperately needed. "Anyway, how about I ask the questions now?"

"Go ahead."