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“How do you know it’s bullshit?” Dixie challenges. “Harper openly admits to liking girls.”
I shrug. “I just know. Sadly.”
“Yeah, man,” DeShaun says. “That is sad. That would be hot. How come we didn’t make them give us a show when Harper sat over here?”
“Because she’s Royal’s,” Duke says flatly. “And she’s not hooking up with Lo. She knows better than to fuck around on my brother, so watch your mouth.”
Dixie gulps and nods frantically, too afraid to say another word and risk her status. Everyone here’s accepted her, but after worshipping Duke for all of high school, they still give his wordsmore weight than anyone else’s. He’s still the king, even if the queen is with me. He’s terrified I’ll take the crown from him now that my cousin’s at our table too, but I can’t summon enough fucks to bother with replacing him.
“Duke’s right,” Rylan hurries to say. The little sycophant has his nose lodged so far up Duke’s ass his breath probably smells like prostate. “I’d know if they were doing shit.”
“Still spying on them from next door?” Cotton asks, shoving his stepbrother’s shoulder.
“Hell yeah, I am,” Rylan says. “And in the locker room.”
The guys all laugh and high-five him while I sit there stewing and trying to figure out why it pisses me off so much that he’s watching Gloria undress. He’s already seen her naked. She’s his ex-girlfriend. She’s nothing to me.
Except a memory.
I don’t even know if it’s real, if my fucked up brain is making shit up, filling the gaps in my memory with fantasies and telling me they’re real.
“When does she have gym?” I ask.
“Why?” DeShaun asks. “You going to go watch her too?”
“No,” I say. “Just wanted to make sure this creep’s not looking at my girlfriend.”
“Aww.” Dixie giggles and leans into me, and I reluctantly slide my arm around her again.
“Last period,” Rylan says. “Come watch if you want. Hell, you can all come. She deserves it.”
“Dude, we’ve all already seen that,” DeShaun says.
“I thought you said you were even,” Cotton says to Rylan.
“I did get her back pretty good,” Rylan says, smirking.
“Yeah, you did,” Duke crows. “You’re a savage, little bro.”
Rylan smiles wider, looking both embarrassed and proud as he soaks up their admiration.
“What’d you do?” I ask.
“Where have you been?” Cotton asks. “Everyone knows he fucked her sisters.”
“You did?” I ask Rylan, only sparing the Walton twins a glance.
“At the same time,” he says, puffing up all proud.
Her sisters giggle and hide their smiles.
“Does she know?” I ask.
“Of course she knows,” Rylan says, smug as hell. “I made the bitch watch.”
“Yeah, he did,” Duke says, slapping hands with Cotton and then Rylan, who ducks his head to hide his smile. He holds up a hand to me, but I just shake my head.
“Some family loyalty,” I mutter.
