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She stays weirdly quiet as I open the door and, unexpectedly, follows me in without another complaint. This is strange from her; she doesn’t usually miss an occasion to fight back. I’m a bit scared she will stab me the first chance she gets.
A few people shout my name as soon as I pass the door. All the smoke from joints and cigarettes, all the drugs, and the dizzying music ring deep inside me. I need to let go, and I can’t. Taking drugs and drinking isn’t something I’m allowed to do anymore. Not after Sam saved me from that.
Knowing eyes take Rose in, and some guys are already on their way to talk to her by the time I’ve made it to the kitchen, where I know I’ll find Xi. How has she already gathered so much attention? I throw a few death stares, and two guys back away before they reach us.
What the fuck does she put in her perfume?
I push open our handleless kitchen door and find Xi and Emma talking to someone, their backs to me and hiding whom I can only assume is Billie.
“What the fuck is wrong with you lately?” Emma shouts at her.
“Your dad’s been worried sick,” Xi adds. “Are you seriously not gonna start talking?”
“What’s going on?” I ask.
Both Emma and my brother turn to me, showing a fuming Billie. Her tiny size is nothing to go by. She’s a little monster, and she loves fighting. Not usually her family, though.
Her eyes narrow on Rose behind me.
“What the fuck…”
“….is that?!” I cut her off. Her face is bruised. Not just any bruise; it starts from the top of her jaw and descends all the way to her chin.
“Fuck sake,” she whispers to herself.
“Are you fucking kidding me, Billie!” I shout at her. I’m not in the fucking mood, and she is forcing me to tip over.
“Do you know who did this?” Emma asks me, worry coating her voice. Her eyes dart to Rose and back to me, ignoring the girl she’s fucked before.
“She won’t talk,” Xi adds.
“It’s none of your fucking business!” Billie hisses. She barges against Emma as she comes toward me. “Bringingherhere? Do you want me to commit a homicide tonight?”
“Yeah. I know,” I answer Emma and Xi, ignoring Billie’s anger against Rose.
Emma is a few years older than Xi, and he’s a year older than me. Billie is a year younger than me. So when her dad married our mom, she ended up with two extra older siblings. She never realized how much we’d be on her case. It wasn’t that bad until she started getting into weird shit this year. The Kings have been like a murder of crows around her. Since we lost the Bianco family’s protection, we lost power over the North Shore, and she seems to be the one paying for it.
“We know it’s a guy from the King’s crew, Bils. Just tell us which one. He’ll be dead before you know it.” Emma Scott pleading with her sister to let her know who to kill. If that’s not typical North Shore, I don’t know what is.
Emma had long left high school when I started, and Xi never went. They have no idea which fucker does this to girls. But I do.
I grab Billie by the jaw, getting a closer look at her face. “Are you for real?” I whisper at her.
She avoids my gaze, knowing she’s been caught. Red patches form on her cheeks, shame lighting up her face.
“Your guilty King is Caden,” I say as I release her. “And he didn’t hit her. These are love bites. He leaves them on every girl he fucks.”
A long, shocked silence fills the room, only broken by Rose’s mocking cackle.
“This shit is just too funny,” she laughs at Billie. “Who knew you could fall any lower, Billie.”
“Bitch, shut the fuck up!” Billie shouts back. I stop her when she tries to push past me. I grab her by both arms before she can get close to Rose. “Worry about yourself,” I bark at her.
“Billie!” Emma shouts back. “What…” She lets out a long huff. “What is wrong with you?”
“I thought Sam scared him?” I say.
“Yeah, he tried,” Billie spits at me.
