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“I’m fine!” I nearly shout, sounding way too defensive to be genuine. My trembling hands come to rest on the windowsill.
“We’re just trying to help,” Lik responds.
“I don’t need anyone’s help,” I snap violently.
“What’s wrong with you girls and being too proud to get the help you need?” Sam finally joins in.
I rear back my head in surprise, not only because he’s talking, but he’s also angry. Someone is having a negative effect on him, putting him on edge, and I know precisely which bitch has that power.
“Damn, Sam,” I jeer. “Rose White has been back for how long? And look at you, losing your patience and all.” I let him swallow my words before I add. “Speaking of her, I want the bitch out of my town. There’s something you can help with.” Maybe if he keeps busy with her, they’ll both leave me the fuck alone.
“Stay away from Rose,” he orders calmly. “Let me handle her.”
I shake my head. He’s in love with the girl. He’s always been, and she will cause absolute chaos in his settled relationship. But the true reason I know they’re heading for failure? Her brother is Sam’s best friend and he would never allow this. Lucky for Sam, the fucker is currently serving time for shooting someone. We all know Kayla King is the one who put him there, and she will suffer when he comes out. In the meantime, Sam is free to do whatever with Rose White. So I taunt him some more.
“Does he know she’s back?” Meaning her brother, of course. If he wants to get in my business, I can get into his too.
Instead of falling for it, he rolls up his window.
“Hey!” I shout. “Stay the fuck out of my shit!” He probably can’t hear me since he’s already driving away.
I walk back inside, only to catch my dad, Xi, and Emma talking to each other in the living room. Hushed words and scheming whispers.
“Are you all for real?” I rage. “What the fuck is wrong with this family!” I stride to them, but they don’t even look sorry. “I didn’t do anything wrong. I don’t deserve all of you going behind my back like this.”
“You’re in trouble,” Emma says firmly. “We know it’s Caden we—”
“Oh my fucking god, just stop talking about him,” I practically shriek. “He doesn’t. Scare. Me. Nothing is going on!”
“Look at the way you’re reacting,” Xi jumps in, shaking his head. “If the Kings want to threaten our family thinking they can come out on top, I can tell you right now that they’re fucking wrong. We can stoop to their level. We can play with their families too.”
“Lowering to their level is not the way to go,” I fight back.
“So you do admit something has been going on,” my dad says softly.
Fuck.
“No-I…No!”
The silence that follows makes me uncomfortable.
I shift awkwardly.
I feel uneasy in my own home, and I hate it.
“Go to your room,” my dad finally says. “You’re just a kid who’s out of their depth. Let us handle it.”
“I’m almost twenty,” I snort. “Emma was involved up to her neck at my age.” The quietness of the room is only broken by the sound of Aisha washing dishes in the kitchen.
“Dad—”
“Go to your room, Billie.”
“Un-fucking-believable,” I mumble as I head to my room.
I hear one last thing my dad says to the rest of them, and my heart drops. “We should deal with it tonight.”
I grab my phone to see a message from Caden. He sent me a picture of his lower lip. It’s split and there’s dry blood on it.
