"I can always kick your ass little brother. Anytime, anywhere. I've always held back on you, but not this time. This is one whipping you are never going to forget!" He raised his powerful right fist high in the air, ready to strike a punishing blow to his brother's head.
"Melanie is going to love this," Sebastian spat out through a mouthful of sand. Alex raised his fist higher up again, "because she just loves violence. When she sees what you did to me, I'm sure she'll come running straight into your arms, and then you can give up your share of the Drummond fortune as well. The old man can leave it all to Joshua or give it to one of his precious charities."
Alex grimaced. He clenched his fist and watched as his brother winced in the dirt. Then he slammed his fist down as hard as he could into the soft sand next to his brother's nose. Sebastian hissed a sigh of relief as Alex released him and then collapsed to the ground beside. Sebastian rolled over and massaged his twisted arm and wrist. Blood was oozing from the blow to his head. He smiled. It would be enough.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" He said. "You never gave a damn about your girlfriends before. For Christ's sake, Melanie isn't even one of them. She just flirted with you a bit before your flight. How come you're going so totally ape shit about her now?"
"Me? Ape shit? You're the one who just threw away a fortune for one quick roll in the sand."
The two lay in silence for a moment, looking up into the panorama of stars in the clear tropical sky.
"I've got to have her." Sebastian said.
"Me too." His brother answered.
"What are we going to do then?"
Alex sat up. "I think I have an idea."
"Great. What are we going to do? Share her?"
"I don't know, maybe I'll just pretend to be you, pretending to be me, huh? Like that's a great idea."
Sebastian shook his head. He had ideas all his own but he sure as hell wasn't going to share them with Alex.
"So what's the idea? Shoot -- I'm all ears."
"You say you love Melanie--"
"And I mean it, goddamn it. How hard is that for you to understand?"
"Okay, I get it little bro, I believe you. So if you love her, then you would want her to share a happy life with someone she loves."
"A happy life with me."
"But what if it's me she really loves, the way you say it is?"