we were never brother and sister in the real sense, but always partners, having to bring up a real family as we grew up ourselves? How to explain that Lochan has never felt like a brother but like something far, far closer than that—a soul mate, a best friend, part of the very fiber of my being? How to explain that this situation, the love we feel for each other—everything that to others may seem sick and twisted and disgusting—to us feels completely natural and wonderful and oh—so, so right?
