You’re Mine by Penny Brooks

Chapter 124

Easton

I'm a fucking mess through last period and can't even fucking text Harper to apologize or discuss the whole thing with her mom.

The sick feeling I get in my chest when I think about her not claiming me and of course on top of that the picture.

Fuckkkk, the damn picture. I see Sadie the minute I get out of class and think, oh good, someone I can convince to be on my side, when she smacks me on the ass with her backpack.

"The hell, Sadie!”

“How could you hurt her like that! I thought you trusted her! She was bawling."

Her own eyes tear up. "Really, Easton?

I mean, fucking, really?"

"Keep your voice down."

I grab her by the elbow and bring her toward my locker when Ryan walks up. "Is there a reason you're hitting him?"

"Yes,"

she seethes and looks around us. "He has a picture of Leigh on his phone with her tits just dangling out there and Harper saw it and it was the same day...it was..."

She shakes her head. "That same fucking day you guys decided to get serious, you lied, Easton. AGAIN!”

"Keep your voice down!"

Ryan repeats and shares a look with me. "Sadie, you don't know the whole story.”

Her eyes widen. "You knew?"

"Shit."

Ryan lowers his head. "Look, can we do this in the parking lot at least?

People are starting to stare."

appears ready to chop his dick

still on the verge of tears as we leave the

Ryan walk ahead of me, but she jerks out of his embrace and already I feel guilty because I know

car, and I know all hell is about to

A fucking scrunchie?

“You

her, tuffles her hair and says, "Good game, thanks for handing

me and smiles. "Maybe winning first isn't where

nostrils flare. Ryan grabs me before I can run after Blake or just hop into

quickly. "Look, maybe we should just head out and

You could use it"

I want to talk to Harper. The minute my eyes search for her again, she's already hopping into Sadie's car and putting on her

call out. She hesitates

Sadie gives me the finger and burns out of

crawl into my Jeep and follow him to the pizza place by

says, "Tell me everything, like

my empty plate. "Other

tree thing called the incident

like that

"Yes,"

interrupt him. "For the love of God, can

lifts up his hands in surrender. "Fine by me, again,

“I'm sure your mom

have constant second—hand embarrassment and

have nightmares of her face

my Coke and lean back in

that Harper didn't tell their parents she had a

Ryan sits there and listens, though I can tell I'm stressing him out too because he's had five Cokes and he

wishes each of the Cokes had rum in

bottle at

and talk. I know why you kept it and I still support it, the picture that is, but she's so stressed out, man. Mom and Dad

He clears his throat.

right now and seeing that on your screen couldn't have been easy after

isn't being helpful either because girls have this need to stick together like they do when one has to pee and seventeen of them get up and go. The point is, I

to be