“I expected better from you.” He lets go of my arms and walks away.
The people who had gathered around me also go, leaving just Trystan and me.
“What the fuck?” he says in a low voice. “You really hit Kristen?”
“Yeah, but she deserved it. She called me trash.”
“That’s it? She just called you a name?”
“There was other stuff too. I don’t want to get into it.”
He shakes his head, smiling. “Wait until Braden finds out about this. He’s not gonna believe it. We knew you were tough, but shit.”
“Why is everyone making this such a big deal? I punched her, but it wasn’t that hard. She wasn’t even bleeding.”
“It isn’t about what you did. It’s about who you did it to.”
“People need to stop seeing Kristen as this perfect little princess. Just because she’s richer than everyone else doesn’t mean she gets to do and say whatever she wants and get away with it.”
“Yeah, actually it kinda does.”
“Why? Everyone here is rich. She’s just richer. It shouldn’t matter.”
“It isn’t about her money. It’s about her dad.”
“What about him?”
He laughs. “You don’t know?”
“Know what?”
“Her dad is Principal Edwards.”
Chapter 26
“Wait — what?” I say, grabbing Trystan’s arm. “He’s not her dad. Someone told me her dad died a long time ago.”
“He’s her stepdad. Her mom’s fifth husband.”
“But he’s too young to be her stepdad.”
“Her mom likes younger men. All her husbands have been younger than her.”
“Shit.” I squeeze my eyes shut. “I just hit the principal’s daughter. I’m gonna kicked out of school.”
“Nah. Dad won’t let that happen. He’ll just throw money at whatever project Principal Edwards wants done.”
“Like a new school,” I mutter.
“What?” Trystan says.
“Nothing. Forget it. Let’s go home.”
We go to his car, and on the drive home, I keep thinking I just helped Twisted Pine with their plan to build another school. Brock will have to donate tons of money because of me. Money that will be used to expand the school.
Maybe that’s not a bad thing. I haven’t seen the school trying to do anything illegal or cover stuff up, like Jackson claims they do. Maybe he was wrong or just made it up, so I’d get the info he wants from Braden to help the Legion team win.
I’m so confused right now. Everything was fine this morning, and then Shayla told me that story about Andrea, and Kristen had to open her big mouth, and now everything’s gone to hell.
