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Adam takes my phone in my shocked state. "Mr. Reynolds, it's Adam Thomas."
Our dad's work together. It's probably another reason why he came to comfort me instead of his friend, whom I've just embarrassed. Adam listens to what's being said, and his face pales before he hangs up, but not before telling my dad Tate and Shelby were hooking up behind my back, so he'll bring me to the hospital instead. I could hear my dad cursing from here, and by the reaction of Shelby and Tate, they were in shit because I knew my dad would tell their parents, their extremely Christian parents.
The only reason Shelby has managed to put this party on is because her parents are out of town at a conference for the church.
Adam places his arm around me, guiding me out of the kitchen, "Come on darling, Mary collapsed; your dad needs you at the hospital."
The room gasps as my eyes tear up before I run out the door, Adam hot on my heels. I jump into his vehicle, about to shut the door. When Shelby rushes out, Amy, the cheer captain and friend, grabs a hold of her arm to stop her from climbing in the back of Adam's black truck.
"Wait, Sarah, please."
I shake my head and rasp, "No, you're no longer my friend; go back to your new boyfriend that you decided to steal from me."
Her tears fall as anger radiates off her as Adam pulls out of the driveway after I shut the door, and Amy climbs in the back. Our moms are friends, and we've grown up together. She's my best friend.
Her green eyes show worry for me as I try not to let my mind pick at what's wrong with my baby sister. She's everything to me. She's only seven years old, and I have been there for her every day since my parents brought her home from the hospital. She was the miracle baby; Momma was told she couldn't have any more kids, but then, ten years after I was born, she was conceived. My knee bounces, and Adam clutches it while Amy grips my shoulder from behind. Those two have been together for two years, and honestly, you can't beat a better match. They're perfect for each other.
I bet they'll marry after graduation.
When Adam pulls up in front of the hospital, Amy gets out before getting me out, and we all rush inside with her hand clutching mine. We go to the nurse's desk, and the woman behind it looks up, raising a brow at us. Her gray eyes narrow.
Boy am I glad to be wearing a baggy off-the-shoulder jumper and jeans right now, especially with how judgmental her stare is.
I clear my throat, "My daddy called Gerry Reynolds; my little sister Mary Reynolds was admitted after collapsing; she's only seven."
The nurse's attitude instantly changes as remorse fills her, and I panic.
"Of course, your father mentioned you were coming. They're on the children's ward. Take the lifts to the fourth floor down the corridor to the right."
I nod as Amy thanks her before we rush down the corridor. I'm jittery, my heart is pounding, and before I know it, I'm standing in front of my teary-eyed mother, whose face is red and blotchy from crying, her dark red hair in an array. Her dark green eyes are like my own, showing nothing but heartbreak and sadness. I look at my father, who also looks like he's been crying. His blonde hair sticks up like he's been running his hands through it. Redness filled his blue eyes, much like my sisters'.
I swallow hard as Amy and Adam each flank me, gripping my arms in support before I rasp, "Mary?"
My mother lets out a sob while my father cups my cheeks and rasps the most heartbreaking words you can hear.
"She has leukemia, darling."
My whole world tilts as my eyes go blurry. My Momma screams in the distance as I feel my legs give out.
"NURSE, NURSE." I hear my father shout, but it feels like I'm underwater as darkness fills me, one word filling my ears.
Leukemia—my little sister may die.
Chapter 1
Snake – Age 28
I sigh as I take a big gulp of my whiskey, ignoring Shelby, whose gray eyes follow my every movement. I'm at Devil's Temptation, our strip club, hoping to keep my mind occupied and basically hide out like a pussy, but it's not fucking working, and Shelby is just pissing me off. She knows I don't fuck the staff, yet she still fucking tries every time she sees me.
At least Suzy backed off, now latching onto another brother.
Shelby's a mess; has been for the past five or six years since her parents kicked her out—something about fucking her friend's boyfriend for months behind her back—that's what the rumors say anyway.
Apparently, her parents are extremely religious, and Shelby was supposed to wait until marriage; only after the revelation came out about her being a cheater and a bad friend did all the other shit she did behind her parent's back, including recording herself having a three-some in her parents fucking bed with a married woman and a gay guy who lost a bet.
The fucker couldn't even get hard for her.
Disgusting.
