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

still on the verge of

his embrace and already I feel guilty because I

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

A fucking scrunchie?

say, “You dropped

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

smiles. "Maybe winning first

to kill him. Blood pumps through my body as my nostrils flare. Ryan grabs me before I can run after Blake or

should just head

You could use it"

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

She hesitates putting it

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

curse until Ryan again informs me that people are watching, then I blindly crawl into my

slice of pizza before he cracks his knuckles and says, "Tell me everything, like you're a

at my empty plate. "Other than,

tree thing called the

like that better

"Yes,"

the love of God, can we not talk about

lifts up his hands in surrender. "Fine by me, again, it's my sister. If I could bleach my brain

shrug. “I'm sure your mom feels the same

constant second—hand embarrassment and

have nightmares of

sip of my Coke and lean back

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

I rage about the chaos that is Leigh. And to his credit, Ryan sits there and listens, though I can tell I'm stressing him out too because he's had five Cokes and he

he wishes each of the Cokes

bottle at this

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

He clears his throat.

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

they do when one

to