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 his dick

the verge of tears as

of his embrace and already

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

A fucking scrunchie?

say, “You dropped this

winks at her, tuffles her hair and says, "Good game, thanks for handing

and smiles. "Maybe winning first isn't

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

says quickly. "Look, maybe we should just

You could use it"

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

call out. She hesitates putting it

Instead, she looks away and clicks herself in while Sadie gives me the finger and burns out of the parking lot, like

me that people are watching, then I blindly crawl into my Jeep and follow

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

my empty plate. "Other than, you

thing called

like that better

"Yes,"

of God, can we not talk about it

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

sure your mom

have constant second—hand embarrassment and horror, just so

of her face

a sip of my Coke and lean back in the

didn't tell their parents she had a fucking boyfriend

listens, though I can tell I'm

he wishes each of the Cokes had

me a damn bottle at this point.

and I still support it, the picture that is, but she's so stressed out, man. Mom and Dad were not easy on

He clears his throat.

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

together like they do when one has to pee and seventeen of them get up and

going to