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."

to chop

still on the verge of tears as we leave the

me, but she jerks out of his embrace and already I feel guilty because I

Sadie's car, and I know all hell is about to break loose as Blake follows behind

A fucking scrunchie?

say, “You

winks at her, tuffles her hair and says, "Good game, thanks for handing me my ass. It was actually

smiles. "Maybe winning first isn't where it's at

pumps through my body as my nostrils flare. Ryan grabs me before I can run after Blake or just hop into my car, start the engine, and run him

quickly. "Look, maybe we should just head

You could use it"

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

call out. She

herself in while Sadie gives me the finger and burns out

people are watching, then I blindly crawl into my Jeep and follow him to the pizza

his knuckles and says, "Tell me everything, like you're a girl on a super dramatic reality show. Then, tell me why you look

at my empty

tree thing called

that

"Yes,"

him. "For the love of God, can we not

again, it's

sure your mom feels

second—hand embarrassment and horror, just

nightmares of her

lean back in the chair, explaining how everything

I explain how much it hurt that Harper didn't tell their parents she had a fucking boyfriend who also happens to be her brother's

and listens, though I can tell I'm stressing him out too because

of the Cokes

damn bottle at

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

He clears his throat.

phone, she can't even communicate with you right now and seeing that

girls have this need to stick together like they do when one has to pee and seventeen

going to