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

verge of tears as we

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

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

A fucking scrunchie?

him say, “You dropped this after

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

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

Blood pumps through my body as my nostrils flare. Ryan grabs me before I can run after Blake or just hop into

"Look, maybe we should just head out and talk

You could use it"

to talk to Harper. The minute my eyes search

call out. She hesitates putting

for her to get out. Instead, she looks away and clicks herself in while Sadie gives me the finger and burns out of the

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

eating my first slice 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 look

my empty plate. "Other than,

thing

like that better

"Yes,"

"For the love of God, can

again,

your mom feels

embarrassment and horror, just

nightmares of her

and lean back in the chair, explaining how everything went

anger flows through me as I explain how much it hurt that Harper didn't tell

and listens, though I can tell I'm stressing him out too because he's

of the Cokes

bottle at this point.

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

He clears his throat.

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

need to stick together like they do when one has to pee and seventeen of

to