Open mouth, insert foot, thought Goose. He pinched the bridge of his nose as he did his best not to overreact. First, she didn't want the clothes he was offering. Rejecting them like they were payment for something or other. But worse of all was she caught his slip. Closing his eyes, he looked up at the ceiling and dropped his hands to his sides. A deep breath went in and then slowly out before he turned to face Anna. He had hoped that she would confess her love to him before he revealed who he really was but that wasn't going to be the case.<br/><br/>"Anna, Beautiful, Temple. You once asked me what secret I have been harboring," he began as he walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge. "Here it goes. I love you, Anna. I have loved you for several years now, more than I should. Last night was how I have wanted to express my love to you for four years now. I was too scared to even let a hint of how much I loved you come out because of our situation. You heard me say it right. Father as in OUR father. No, I am not a bastard son of his. We have the same mother also. The bitch walked out on all three of us. Dad started to treat you like shit. I knew better and tried to protect you from the worst of his ravings. That backfired on me. He managed to pin all your abuse on me. I was sent to prison for two years because I was abusing you. The asshole who was really responsible got off scotch-free. That is why he must suffer for two years. I had to survive and get back to you. Everything I have said to you since Wednesday is true. Every word of it. I love you. I want to marry you. I want us to have children. I want to treat Dad like a slave and a dog for two years for what he made you and I suffer through. I want to find that bitch that gave birth to us and do the same thing to her. That's my secret. I am your brother, your full brother. Somehow you have blocked any memories of me. Do you know how much it hurt me when you said you were an only child?"