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."

ready to chop

on the verge of tears

walk ahead of me, but she jerks out of his embrace and already I feel

car, and I know all hell

A fucking scrunchie?

hear him say, “You dropped this after

game, thanks for handing me my ass. It was actually more fun losing,

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

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 over.

should

You could use it"

The minute my eyes search for her again, she's already hopping into Sadie's

call out. She hesitates putting

herself in while Sadie gives me the finger and burns out of the parking lot, like she's getting chased by the devil after stealing

I blindly crawl into my Jeep and follow him to the pizza place by his house. I don't remember

knuckles and says, "Tell me everything, like you're

grit my teeth and stare at my empty

the whole tree thing called

that better

"Yes,"

"For the love of God, can we

"Fine by me, again, it's my sister. If I could

sure your

embarrassment

of her face

Coke and lean

me as I explain how much it hurt that Harper didn't tell their parents she had a fucking boyfriend who also happens to

that is Leigh. And to his credit, Ryan sits there and listens, though I can tell

wishes each of the Cokes

bottle at

support it, the picture that is, but she's so stressed out,

He clears his throat.

on top of that, she doesn't have her phone, she can't even communicate with you right now and seeing

know Sadie isn't being helpful either because girls have this need to stick together like they do when one has

to be