Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates

Helanie:

I could tell Gavin wasn’t very happy, and I couldn’t blame him. They had arrived a few seconds late to Kaye’s team. Sydney was all smiles, happily hugging her sister, who barely showed any excitement.

Lucy looked like she couldn’t be bothered to be here, but since she had to, she stopped rolling her eyes.

Now that the teams had all made it to the finish line, my friends started to gather together. We had already celebrated our victory, but now we were upset for Gavin—he was bummed out.

"What happened, dude? You guys were doing so well," Lamar whispered to him as we stood in a circle.

"I don’t know. Lucy started complaining about leg pain at the end. We all offered to carry her, but she was being so—" Gavin looked down and bit his tongue to stop himself from saying more.

"Do you think she did it on purpose so Sydney would win?" I suggested, and they all turned to look at Lucy, who seemed way too happy for Sydney instead of being upset for herself.

I was surprised that she had gotten so close to Sydney.

"Whatever it was, I lost," Gavin sighed, shaking his head.