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 his dick

still on the verge of tears as we leave the

ahead of me, but she jerks out of his embrace and already I feel guilty because I know she's taking sides and is pissed

appears in the parking lot, heading toward 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?

hear him say, “You

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

at me and smiles. "Maybe winning first

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 over. “Not worth it,

"Look, maybe we should just

You could use it"

I could, but I want to talk to Harper. The minute my eyes search

call out. She

while Sadie gives me the finger and burns out of the

watching, then I blindly crawl into my Jeep and follow him to the pizza place by his house. I

like you're

and stare at my empty

tree thing called the incident

that

"Yes,"

the love of God, can

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

sure your mom feels the same

constant second—hand embarrassment and horror,

have nightmares of her face

my Coke and lean

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

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

wishes each of the Cokes had rum in

me a damn bottle

why you kept it and I still support it,

He clears his throat.

even communicate with you right now and seeing that on your

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,

to