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“Oh my god, Ace.” Remi gasps. “What the hell happened?”
“Leave it,” I bark, taking a step toward Bexley.
His shoulders widen as he tilts his head up. He’s a fucking stupid motherfucker for going up against me.
“Looks like the odds are in my favor this time, Jagger. You seem to have got your ass handed to you. Now it’s my turn to prove you’re not as fucking scary as you think you are.”
I take another step toward him, a growl rumbling up my throat.
“Okay everyone,” someone shouts over the noise. “Remi’s mom has a video she’d like to play.”
Remi groans behind me, but I doubt anyone’s attention turns to the fucking screen with Bexley and I about to go at it.
“Go on then, big man,” he taunts. “Fucking hit me.
I pull my fist back, ready to do just as he suggests when my voice from behind me stops all my movement.
“Last chance to change your mind, Princess. If you have any doubts, now’s the time to say.” I turn slowly, and my heart plummets.
My video.
The one I was going to play.
The one I was going to use to ruin her.
The one I changed my mind about.
“No. No doubts, Ace. I want you to be my firrrrst,” Remi’s voice sounds out all breathy and needy.
“You motherfucker,” Bexley roars.
Remi screams as the reality of the situation hits her. I turn to her, wanting to tell her that this wasn’t me. That I changed my mind. I wasn’t going to play it. I took the card out of the camera and was going to throw it away.
The next few seconds happen so fast that I’m not entirely sure what happens.
Bexley puts his entire weight behind the punch that comes hurtling my way, but at the last minute a head full of brown curls flashes in front of me. The pain from his fist never comes, but a cry of agony comes from elsewhere.
I glance to the side to see Remi falling, her body limp as it tumbles toward the still water of the pool behind us.
Jumping onto action, I race to catch her, but I’m too late. Her head collides with the tiled edge and the water engulfs her.
I don’t think, I just act.
Diving in after her, I gather her body up in my arms and as fast as I can get her above the water. By the time I reach the top step, silence surrounds me as our entire class, including my brothers, watch in horror as I lower her lifeless body to the ground.
Pushing her hair from her face, I drop my eyes to her chest to see if she’s breathing. “Come on, Remi, baby.” I gently shake her body. “Princess. I’m here. It’s okay.”
Something catches my eye, and when I look down the water running from her body is red.
“Someone call a fucking ambulance.”
I pull Remi on to my lap and hold onto her, praying that it’s not the last time I’m going to get the chance.
