(RANDY)
"WHAT. THE FUCK. IS THIS!"
We both stood there horrified as dad held the picture of us in his hands. It looked as if the frame was going to crumble into a million pieces any second. He never took his eyes off of us the whole time he was waiting for an answer, and we were too scared to give him one. I've never, I mean never, seen dad this angry, there was no way in hell we'd be able to talk our way out of this one, at least an still be in one piece.
"I'M WAITING! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!"
He looked like he got even angrier as he held the picture up so we could see it. Within seconds of him yelling again we heard footsteps quickly ascending to the top of the stairs, and were met with an on edge mom and Aunt Lisa as the came in the room with their eyes wide open.
"What is going on here? I can hear you yelling downstairs Mike what happened?" mom asked.
"What's going? You wanna know what's going on? What's going on is your kids are fucking KISSING each other in this picture!" dad said as he threw it on the bed by mom.
Mom picked up the picture, looked at it and sunk, for dad because she didn't want him to know she knew, and for us because we were so careless and got caught. Aunt Lisa walked over and looked at the picture and did the same thing mom did, then they did a double take at us and tossed the picture back on the bed, and then looked up at dad.
"You see this? Our kids are kissing each other Anna! What kind of shit... how the hell... I don't even know what to say right now. OUR KIDS ARE FUCKING KISSING EACH OTHER ANNA!"
"Mike calm down, yelling isn't gonna help anything, it could just be an innocent..."
"A WHAT? LOOK AT THE PICTURE ANNA, THEY LOOK LIKE LOVERS! THERE'S NOTHING AT ALL INNOCENT ABOUT THAT PICTURE! WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY?"
"No I'm not crazy Mike, I'm just trying to keep an open mind here."
"AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHAT? THAT THEY DECIDED FOR THE HELL OF IT TO JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM KISSING LIKE THAT? BROTHERS AND SISTERS DON'T KISS LIKE THAT ANNA, AT LEAST NOT THAT I KNOW OF! IF THEY'RE DOING THAT THEN THEY'RE PROBABLY DOING OTHER... I DON'T WANNA EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT ELSE THEY'RE DOING!"
The whole time we were just standing there, afraid, not knowing when to jump in, or what to say, or how to say it, dad just kept yelling, and yelling, and yelling, and mom kept trying to calm him down, but it wasn't working, it only made him more angry. No matter what mom said, he had a rebuttal for each argument. We were in a lot of trouble.
"They've always been close Mike, this shouldn't come as a surprise to you," mom said.
"SO WHAT! THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN GO AROUND KISSING YOUR SISTER! I DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T, THIS IS NOT OK ANNA! WE DIDN'T RAISE THEM TO ACT LIKE THIS!"
"They're twins Mike, it's different for them, especially after everything that happened..."
"NO, DON'T BRING THAT UP, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PICTURE!" He turned his attention from mom and looked directly at us. "You are gonna tell me exactly what's going on is that picture, and you are gonna tell me right now!"
"Mike, just let..." Aunt Lisa started.
"I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT LISA! Let them talk," dad cut her off. "What am I looking at, was this a one-time twin thing, or has this been going on for a long time?"
Rita's hands were shaking. We were in one hell of a spot. On one hand I knew if we told the truth dad would completely explode, but on the other hand if we told a lie he might calm down, and he would be suspicious of us forever, and then again on that same hand if we got caught in a lie it would only make things ten times worse than they already are, and things were already bad enough. I knew we had to tell him the truth, I just didn't want it to come out like this. We had to tell him about us, there was no putting it off anymore, we had to tell him everything and we had to tell him now, but I had to be the one to tell him. I slowly locked my fingers with Rita's, as scared as we both were, and looked dad straight in the eye.
"It's been going on for a long time dad."
He just about lost it. He went to say something, but stopped before any words came out, turned away from everybody and clasped his fingers together behind his head, paced around the floor with his hands on his hips, and finally turned back to us, to me, with clenched fists.
"What is 'it'? Is it kissing and touching, or is it more than that?"
I sighed and took a deep breath, maybe my last. "More than that."
That was the last straw. Dad lunged at me so fast I barely had any time to react. I had just enough time to push Rita into the hallway before dad had me by my shoulders pinned to the ground. He slammed me to the ground pretty good before mom tried to grab hold of him.
"MIKE NO! DON'T HIT HIM!" mom pleaded as she tried to pull one of his arms back.
"DID YOU JUST HEAR HIM ANNA! HE SAID IT WAS MORE THAN TOUCHING, THE ONLY THING MORE THAN TOUCHING IS SEX! HE'S FUCKING HIS OWN SISTER!"
He turned his attention back to me. I was about to get the shit beat out of me, I just knew it. mom was trying her hardest to hold his arm back, but he was starting to overpower her, at least he was until Aunt Lisa came up and grabbed hold of his other arm.
"LET ME GO LISA! LET GO OF MY FUCKING ARM!"
"I'm not letting go until you calm down Mike!"
They were trying their hardest to hold him down, but I knew it wouldn't last forever. He was Hulk mad, and everybody knows you can't contain Hulk mad. They put up a good fight, but just as I knew it would happen dad eventually broke free, causing the three of them to fall backwards. Dad quickly hopped back up and was ready to jump right back on me when Rita threw herself right on top of me with the most fearful look on her face I've ever seen, and he looked at her and saw it. As mad as he was at me, at us, even after all this, she was still his little girl, and he knew it, and slowly, but surely, dad finally managed to calm down. Just like the Hulk when he was mad, dad had that same defining weakness, the girl, in this case, his daughter.
"Daddy please don't do this!" Rita begged.
"Rita. Move outta the way. Me and your brother are gonna have a little talk."
"You mean you're gonna punch his face in? No dad, I'm not moving!"
"Rita move outta the way."
"No dad I can't, I can't let you hit him."
"RITA MOVE! I'M NOT JUST GONNA LET THIS PASS! HE HAD SEX WITH YOU... IT JUST HURTS MY EARS EVEN HEARING MYSELF SAY IT LET ALONE THINK ABOUT IT!"
"Why are you just mad at him dad? He didn't rape me, I was there too. This wasn't just some spur of the moment thing going on dad, we love each other."
Dad stood all the way up and squeezed his fists together. He gave me a death stare that I couldn't help but get locked into for the sake of him lunging at me if I took my eyes off him for one second. "Get off of him Rita, let him stand up, you're not gonna fight his battles for him, I raised you to be a man, now stand up and be one."