Cole opens the door, and I get up on my hands and knees, crawling away from them. “Fucking bastard,” I cry. He’s a fucking psycho.
Deke enters followed by Shane and then Bennett. I begin to shake.They’re gonna kill me.Right here. In my bathroom. “Fuck you guys! All of you!” I shout.
“You like to play, Becky? So do we.” Deke speaks, dropping a black duffel bag to his feet.
Shane gives me a cruel smile and kneels by the bag. Slowly, he unzips it. “Sorry, Becky. I ratted you out.”
My chest tightens. “I don’t know what you’re talking about …”
“But you do.” He nods. “Kellan had told me ...”
“No, no, no, no,” I chant.
“And you knew that I knew … How long did you expect me to keep that secret?”
Now it all makes sense. That’s why Cole slammed my face into the mirror. Because that’s exactly what Kellan did to Austin. The night I helped him break into the Lowes house.
Eight months ago
Austin walks into the kitchen and grabs the Fireball off the counter and takes a sip from the bottle. Her birthday party has been in full swing for over an hour now. She’s already pretty drunk. I’m sober as shit.
“What the hell was that?” I demand, running up next to her. I just stood in her father’s game room where she told the sharks that she has insurance on them. Whatever the fuck that means.
“Me putting them in their place,” she says and tips it back again.
I sigh. “What do you have on them?”
“Enough.”
I roll my eyes. “That’s not what I asked, Austin.”
She takes another drink as Deke walks into the kitchen, and I tense. What the fuck have they been up to? I know Cole is playing a game with Austin, but I didn’t know they were all playing with her. Now I know everyone is involved.
He comes over to us, his eyes on mine. “We’re leaving, babe,” he says, and I watch Cole storm past the kitchen and out the front door.
She takes another drink.
“I’m staying again tonight,” I tell him. I stayed last night as well to bring in her birthday.
He nods, already knowing that. Then he looks at Austin. He opens his mouth to speak and then closes it.
“What?” she snaps.
He just shakes his head. “Nothing.” Then gives me a kiss before he turns and leaves.
“You can go with him if you want,” she offers.
I shake my head. “Absolutely not. I’m your only friend, remember?” I give her a smile before taking the bottle from her hand. All the girls hate her ’cause of Cole and all the boys want her ’cause of him as well. She’s fucked either way. “Someone has to watch over you.”
She rolls her eyes and sighs in disappointment. I can tell he’s ruined her birthday. Things have been tense since we stood at the clubhouse and he confessed that her father raped his mother and she has a half-sister.
I place my hand on hers and give her a reassuring smile. “You should give him a chance.”
“Some people don’t deserve a chance,”
“Austin—”
“I don’t wanna talk about it,” she interrupts me. “Can we just get drunk?”
