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“Okay, I heard your story. Now here’s what I think happened.” I tilt my head to the side before saying, “I think Billie was on our streets, for what reason I don’t fucking care, and you girls bumped into her. I think you picked on her because you’re being a jealous bitch who can’t accept that you’re not getting my attention and that a girl from NSC is. And I think you started a fight, except it turned against you because she’s much stronger than the four of you combined. Now you’re scared to get in trouble with me, so you’re lying to my face hoping I’ll take it out on Billie. How does that sound for the truth?”
Her eyes narrow at me before she snaps. “She left me a fucking pathway of tears!” she yells. “If you don’t take my side here, you’re a fucking traitor, Caden!”
“She left you with what you deserved. You made your bed; now you fucking lay in it.” I raise my voice only in the slightest, but she shrinks from it.
There’s a long silence before Elliot says, “Is it true? You started all this?”
She looks away, tears shining in her eyes, and crosses her arms.
“Why did you lie to us, Jade?” Ethan asks softly.
When she turns back to us, she’s fuming. “I’m telling Kay and Sawyer that you’re defending some NSC girl, Caden. I’m going to say how she can get away with everything because you’re letting her get under your skin.”
I stand up so quickly she lets out a whimper of fear. Leaning over, I bring my face close to hers. “And I’m gonna have to tell them I’ve got four cunts on my payroll who can’t even fight against one tiny fucking girl.”
“Fuck you,” she rages. “We all heard you call her pretty when you were supposedly teaching her a lesson on Friday. You were drunk and couldn’t help wanting to see her on all fours, so you could imagine what it’ll be like when you fuck her.”
Her pointing out something very fucking true pisses me off even more. I press her temple, where the bandage is, and smile sadistically as she lets out a pained hiss. “Go home before I change my mind about not hurting you. And feel free to ask yourself if it was all worth it.”
I straighten back up and move to the side to let her get up and leave. She does so in a storm of rage and slams the front door.
Elliot rakes his hands through his hair and shakes his head. “Jealousy doesn’t suit her.”
I roll my eyes. “What the fuck can she possibly be jealous of?”
I sit down on the armchair as Elliot and Ethan get their controllers and turn on their PS4. Grabbing my phone from my pocket, I google something before pulling up my conversation with Billie. It’s not much. She only ever replies with a thumbs-up when I tell her something. Or an insult. Smiling to myself, I type,
Caden: The Young and The Hopeless. Track 9, 0:18.
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BILLIE
PLEASE - Omido, Ex Habit
Lying on my bed with my headphones in my ears, Good Charlotte sings:“My girl’s a hot girl who needs an attitude adjustment.”
My mouth falls open. Caden King is an asshole.
But I’m tired, and I want to give in to the distraction.
Billie: You listen to Good Charlotte now?
His reply comes straight away.
Caden: 0:28 to 0:43
The song’s been going on, so I rewind to twenty-eight seconds in.
“My girl’s a hot girl. A riot girl and she’s angry at the world.”
I bite my lower lip and keep listening until it stops at “She wants a riot, she wants a riot.” It’s hard to keep a smile off my face when I type back.
Billie: I’m guessing you heard about Jade and her girls.
The fact that I see the three dots right away and know he’s on his phone right now, thinking of me, makes my stomach tighten. What the fuck am I doing?
I’m furious at him. He humiliated me in front of his family and closest friends. I fuckingcrawledfor him.
