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

so miserable, I'm still on the verge of tears as

embrace and already I feel

Sadie's car, and I know all hell is about to break loose as Blake follows behind her and hands her a scrunchie.

A fucking scrunchie?

“You dropped

her, tuffles her hair and says, "Good game, thanks for handing me my ass. It was actually more fun losing,

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

can

says quickly. "Look, maybe we should

You could use it"

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

She hesitates putting it

Instead, she looks away and clicks herself in while Sadie gives me the finger

blindly crawl into my Jeep and

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

grit my teeth and stare at my empty plate. "Other than, you

the whole tree thing called the incident

like that better

"Yes,"

interrupt him. "For the love of God, can we

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

shrug. “I'm sure your

second—hand embarrassment and horror, just so

have nightmares of her face for

my Coke and lean back

explain how much it hurt that Harper didn't tell their parents she had a fucking

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

each of the

damn bottle at

winces. “I think you quys need to sit down and talk. I know why you kept it and I still support

He clears his throat.

she can't even communicate with you right now and seeing that on your screen couldn't have been easy after all the lies

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.

going to