“That’s not very terrible. Why would that be a terrible /secret/? It’s a terrible /thing/, but … ” Summer put her head to one side, bracing her hands on his chest.
“Well…nobody really knew that I had a brother – I was always scared that people might think that my da- that someone might have killed him.” Isaac murmured then, stiffening just a little at the near slip-up, before relaxing into her touch.
“Your whole life is just one big secret, isn’t it?” she said mournfully. Awkwardly, she hugged him, face tucked into his neck.