Sticks and Stone

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My name is Nova Stone and I was a ghost in my own life until a knock at the door changed my whole world.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Applying for guardianship of my infant half-brother was a no brainer even if I hadn't known he existed. But that was before I met his uncles; two pro ice hockey players and a CEO. They wanted to take Huey home with them and they were willing to pay me millions of dollars for the privilege. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When that didn't work they managed to convince me that it would be better for my brother-and for me-if I moved into their Ann Arbor mansion. At first I said hell no. I'd listened to true crime podcasts. I'd read the newspaper articles. But a week of sleepless nights and emotional breakdowns later I relented. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>They were helpful I'd give them that. But they were also hot and that was a problem. River with his brooding intensity he was as huge as you'd picture an NHL enforcer to be. His foster brother Devan who was mysterious and standoffish and their best friend Rigby the literal embodiment of a golden retriever in the body of a 6'2 pro athlete. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I had to do what was right for Huey and anyway how could I ever choose? And I had to choose...right? </span></p>