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She gives him a middle finger, and we laugh again. All of us but Ethan.
“Sensitive topic,” Elliot adds just to make fun of his brother. “So, how was it at Sawyer’s?”
“Shit,” I say, putting my hands in my jeans. It’s the end of October, so the winter cold is already starting to take over our town. Jade hands the joint back to Ethan and they all turn to me. “It’s a big ‘no’ for arms.”
Jade’s mouth twists. “We kinda expected that.”
“It’s a risky move. Sawyer hates anything risky,” Ethan adds.
“Yeah, but it would make us so much money.”
Elliot smiles knowingly at me. “And fast.”
“And fast,” I confirm.
Jade huffs. “You just want to get out of here quicker. You still have another year of college after this one.”
“Yeah, imagine the kind of money I’d have if I’m the one in charge of arms dealing for more than a year?”
The joint comes back to me, and I take a drag. I let my head fall back and exhale before saying, “They said if I find someone to be the middleman, they’ll let me do it. Someone who’ll take the fall if things go south.”
“What will they do exactly?” Ethan asks. “Drive from your supplier to us?”
“Yeah, basically. And go to prison for us.”
“I’m sure you’ll find someone real quick,” Elliot mocks.
“You have two solutions for that kind of driver,” Jade says low. “Either you pay them a shit ton of money, or you blackmail them into doing it." She shrugs. “We all know you’re tight as fuck when it comes to money, and you won’t spend an extra cent than necessary.”
I smile as I bring my head up and look at her. “So you’re telling me to find someone to blackmail?”
“That’s what I’d do. Or someone you can trust and who you can promise something to if they do the job right.”
I nod slowly before tilting my head to the side. “Jade,” I smile. “I’ll fuck you if you move guns for me.”
Elliot and Ethan laugh as my friend gives me the middle finger. “I don’t want your fucking dick. Just go stick it in Sophie for all I care.”
Our laughs double, and she gets off her seat. “Whatever, I’m gonna get a beer.”
“You’ve upset her,” Elliot laughs.
“She prefers when she’s the one fucking her friends over,” Ethan adds bitterly.
I lick my lips as I stare up into the darkening sky. The sun is setting and the moon is rising. I’m a night owl, so I’m sure I’ll figure something out during the late hours.
I’ve always felt more alive when the darkness surrounds us, and the stillness mutes the town.
2
BILLIE
Storm-Honors
“Thirty seconds left!” Dickie shouts to the three of us. He runs intensive training sessions at night, and not many of us can take his kind of intensity. “Come on! Hit that bag! Give it all you got!”
I feel him coming closer to me and I accelerate, trying to keep breathing as I hit the bag over and over again. My knuckles are hurting despite the gloves, but I don’t care. I can fight without them if I want to, though Dickie has forbidden it. He said I needed to take care of my body if I wanted to take this seriously. I do.
I feel him at my side and the next thing I know, he’s hitting me in the stomach. My abs tense, and I know he’s not using much strength, even though I can feel it alright. “Come on, Billie. You can do better than that!” he shouts in my ear. He hits me repeatedly until the bell rings, indicating the end of the session.
