Chapter 28
Jesse rubbed her nose with a wry smile, brushing off the concern as she said, “Got into a
scuffle this afternoon.”
“With who?”
“It’s over, Estrella. Let’s not dig into it.”
“Jesse, don’t make me investigate it myself.”
Estrella’s temper was something Jesse was all too familiar with. She might seem all sunshine and rainbows on a regular day, but if you crossed a line with her, you’d be in for a rude awakening.
“I ran into Paula today. She brought backup, and I was outnumbered.”
As soon as Jesse finished her sentence, Estrella was on her feet, heading for the door. Jesse grabbed her arm urgently. “Where do you think you’re going?”
Estrella’s face was a storm cloud as she snapped, “You expect me to sit down for dinner when you’re beaten up like this?”
Jesse held on tighter, trying to calm the storm brewing within Estrella. “Estrella, it’s done, and it wasn’t all Paula’s doing. Don’t do anything rash.”
Estrella saw there was more to the story. She reined in her anger and sat back down. “Fine. I won’t. Just tell me everything.”
They settled back at the dining table, and Jesse began recounting the story. “A few days. ago, I got into it with Melinda. Guess she couldn’t let it go and teamed up with Paula.”
Melinda was Jesse’s stepsister. Jesse’s mom had passed away when she was just a toddler, and her dad had quickly remarried Damita, who was pregnant at the time. Damita never took a liking to Jesse and would often take advantage of her husband’s absence to berate and mistreat the child.
After a particularly nasty incident in middle school, Jesse had changed. Her father, under the constant influence of Damita’s whispers, had grown colder towards her. Life as a Manning wasn’t exactly a walk in the park for Jesse.
you hurt anywhere else? Did you get checked. out at the hospital?”
some bruises. Took a few kicks to the gut, bleeding a little, but the hospital said
the injury, Estrella’s heart clenched with pain. She knew Paula must have ambushed Jesse on purpose, taking advantage of her less favored status in the Manning family to strike at her – a proxy for her real
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sure
I’ll take care of myself. Otherwise how can
those two?”
you,” Estrella said, ladling out chicken soup for Jesse. “Eat up, and
“Yeah, I know.”
Jesse didn’t share these details with Estrella, not wanting to
approached the crossroads in their cars, Estrella warned, “Jesse, call me the instant anything comes up, alright?”
will, don’t worry.”
home
let tonight’s
I’ll listen to
verbally, but as soon as they parted ways, her foot slammed down on the accelerator, speeding towards the Lamont residence. If she
wasn’t about to
lady isn’t home. Perhaps you could come back another time?”
must ask you to leave.”
stop Estrella from barging into
them off with a glare, her hands deep in the pockets
this than Paula, in her loungewear, descended the stairs, clearly annoyed. “Estrella, what’s all this
side table and hurled it at Paula. “Did
Paula into a panic as
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