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“Did you do it or not?”
His face darkens. “I had no fucking choice.”
I snort. “No choice … no choice but to bully someone? Sure.”
He roars out loud and smashes his glass against the wall. “I was fucking forced to do it!”
I frown.
Who would force a guy to bully someone else?
“Why?”
“Ask your brother, he knows the fucking truth,” he grits. “If I didn’t oblige, my parents' fraud would be exposed to the police. Did you think I wanted to be responsible for them going to jail?” he says, closing the gap between us. “I did what I had to formyfamily.”
“By breaking another family apart …” I mutter.
His face contorts with regret and guilt. “You don’t know the pain I went through for them.” His hand rises, the missing finger a thorn in his side. “I paid the price.”
“And all that bullying was for nothing because they’re still in jail,” I say through gritted teeth. I can tell from the look in his eyes my words are like tiny knives jabbed straight into his heart. “Just like you trying to threaten me with pictures will be all for nothing.”
“Lana, give me the money,” he says, his voice gravelly, too serious to ignore.
“No,” I reply, jerking my hand free from his grip. “You won’t even give me the reason. You’re fucking evil.”
“Just give me the fucking money, goddammit! The reason doesn’t fucking matter. Just give it to me, and I promise to keep the pictures safe.”
I step away from him. “You don’twantto tell me, do you? You can’t even face the girl you’re trying to extort.”
His face is marred with disgust and hatred, but I don’t know if he feels that way because of me or himself.
“It’s a matter of life or death,” he says through gritted teeth.
I tilt my head and smile wickedly. “Then die.”
And I walk off, sticking my middle finger in the air while I glance over my shoulder just to watch him seethe.
* * *
Nathan
I check my watch,the ticking making me anxious. I need to get there on time. If I don’t…
My heart beats in my throat, and I push the thought away.
I grab my bag and count the cash again, but I’m still short. They’ll never accept this.
“Damnit!” I slam my fists against the steering wheel.
Someone knocks on my window, and when I look up, Kai’s smiling at me. I don’t know what he’s smiling about.
I lower the window. “What?”
He pushes a wad of cash inside. “Here.”
I frown. “Wait …”
“I sold one of those stolen bags,” he says. “Found it in the closet underneath some shoes.”
