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“So …” Imani said, sitting up on the couch with her cheeks flushed and her bra straps hanging off her shoulders. She pulled them up and grabbed a beer from the table, opening it up. “What does this mean for … us?”
Surprisingly, João’s big mouth stayed quiet. He and Kai looked over at me curiously. Earlier, when they had asked me that question, I hadn’t answered it. Honestly, I didn’t know what to say or how to say it.
I loved Imani so much, but I … I knew the way she felt about João and Kai too.
“What the fuck do you mean?” João said, sitting on the other couch and rolling a blunt.
After narrowing her eyes at him, she scrunched her nose. “You know what I mean.”
Imani might not have felt this way in the beginning, but she now looked at them the way she looked at me too. There was something more between them than meaningless sex—even if João would never admit to it. He didn’t want to get hurt, especially by a rich girl.
“If you think I’m in love with you because we’ve fucked a couple times …” João started, flicking on his lighter and taking a hit. He pulled the blunt away from his mouth and coughed. “Then you can fuck off, princess.”
Reeling in anger, Imani hurled a pillow at him, knocking him right in the head. “What is your problem? Every single day, you’re always furious at the world. News flash, idiot: everyone has a shitty life, just like you.”
João leaned forward. “You think my life is shitty?”
“You’ve been a dick to everyone lately,” I said to him.
“I’m always a dick.”
“You’re only a dick when you like someone,” I said, wanting to get on his nerves.
“Dude, shut the fuck up,” João said. “You always gotta say some shit, don’t you?”
Imani leaned forward with a smirk on her face. “Who do you like, João?” she teased.
Every single one of us knew that he liked Imani too. It was obvious as fuck, and I was stalling because I still didn’t know what the hell to say to Imani.
How did I feel about her being with someone else? One of these guys? Both of them?
Part of me hated the idea of Imani being with anyone other than me.
The other part of me knew that I would never leave these guys. Since we had formed Poison, we had vowed to never stop until we cleaned up this town. And while things might change in the future, I couldn’t see any of us leaving Poison. We were far too deep in this shit.
“Obviously not an annoying bitch like you,” João said.
Used to his remarks, Imani rolled her eyes. “Well, I doubt any other bitch could put up with your ass anyway, so it looks like you’re going to be lonely forever.”
“She’s got a point.” Kai chuckled and sat back on the couch beside Imani, scrolling through his phone. “Shit,” he said, shooting up from his seat. “I have somewhere to be. If you don’t show up for school this week, L, make sure you’re ready to go Friday night.”
Imani furrowed her brows. “What happens Friday night?”
Ignoring her because I didn’t want her to find out about us doing a job for Jace Harbor, I nodded to him. “I’ll be there.”
He shrugged on his coat. “See you later, Imani.”
Imani followed Kai with her gaze until he walked out of the basement door, and then she pressed her thighs together and nervously rubbed her hands against them. “Anyway, what’s going on Friday night? I want to come.”
“No,” I said.
“You’d fuck it up,” João said.
Balling her hands into fists, Imani seethed. “I’m going to smack you one day, I swear.”
I picked up the bong from the ground and grabbed my lighter, the pain from my wound shooting up my side. After wincing, I placed my mouth on it and inhaled deeply, letting the smoke fill my lungs.
