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    "Seriously, dude? She’s going to be eighteen this summer, why are you so freaked out over it?"
    "She’s my baby sister. I can’t believe my parents let her go down there." I have always been protective of Mina. I don’t know if it was because she has always been so tiny and seemed so fragile. I mean, she could take care of herself, I knew this from experience. You didn’t mess with Mina or you were liable to get kneed in the balls or sucker punched in the jaw.
    Walking down the familiar beach brought back a few memories from high school. My eyes focused in on Mina dancing in front of two other girls. As soon as she spotted me, she darted toward me. I opened my arms and pulled her into a large hug and she squealed. I missed her little ass.
    "You cut your hair?"
    "Yep. You like?" She spun around for me.
    "I do." Then I saw her eyes land on Oliver. "This is my friend Oliver. Oliver, this is my baby sister , Mina."
    "Nice to meet you, Oliver." She batted her eye lashes and gave a wickedly sly smile. Oh Jesus, why did I bring friends home from college?
    "Hey ! What about me?" Max grabbed Mina and threw her over his shoulder, then headed for the fire.
    "Put me down , Max," Mina screamed at him. Once we got near the fire he placed her down.
    I looked down at Mina’s friends . A blonde was staring at Max while a brunette with a blue hat on whispered into her ear. I couldn’t see the brunette’s face, but neither felt familiar.
    "Damn it , Max, don’t do that!" Mina was still yelling at him while I headed over to where the beer was being passed out. Max caught up with us quickly.
    "Hey Leo, what brings you back here?" It was Jay Bennet.
    "Just visiting family for a while, ya know? We will be heading back in a few days for finals." I grabbed a beer and Max snatched it right out of my hand. "Sure, Max, you can have it." I grabbed another one and this time Oliver took it laughing, "What the hell, you two?" I laughed, grabbing my third beer.
    I turned back toward the crowd. Mina was dancing with her friends , pulling out some moves that were not big brother approved. Every guy here was gawking and staring at my little sister, Oliver included. I slapped his arm, pulling his attention from her ass.
    "What?" he yelled at me.
    "That’s my little sister! Quit having those thoughts!" I joked with him.
    "It’s hard not to have those thoughts, especially when they dance like that." Jay chimed in.
    I gave him a dirty look.
    "Don’t even think about it , Bennet."
    "Don’t worry , Mackey, I won’t go near your sister. Besides, my bad thoughts are solely focused on Chloe." He smirked.
    "Huh? Where’s Chloe?" I glanced around the crowd but didn’t see her. "And you know what ? You shouldn’t have those thoughts about her either. She’s like a sister too, plus she's Mayor Fisher’s daughter." He looked at me like I was an idiot. "What?"
    "You ’re looking right at Chloe." I must have still looked as confused as I felt. "She’s dancing between your sister and Roni – the blonde."
    I snapped my head back. Mina was being spun around by the brunette.
    "That’s Chloe?"
    "It ’s definitely her. She sure grew up, didn’t she?" I could hear the implication in his voice.
    I couldn’t take my eyes off he r. She then looked right at me, catching me ogling her. Her hair wasn’t as long as it used be and she had on a hat that made her look adorable. On top of the adorableness, she was wearing low-riding khakis and a tiny, tight dark blue tank top while she danced around bare foot.
    Jesus fucking Christ, since when did little Chloe look like that? So much for my speech to Jay. My thoughts were anything but wholesome right now.
    "Now if I could just get her to dump that boyfriend of hers," Jay spit out as he walked away.
    As soon as he said it, I saw a guy come up to Chloe. His hands went around her waist as he started swaying his hips against hers, I felt a knot in my stomach.
    Looks like I am going to have to go big brother on