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Brielle

He thinks he’s sly, laying back in the seat of a car that can’t possibly be his, playing PI, and sucking at it

Iwith the guy behind the wheel, s he definitely didn’t buy here, while he waits for what, me?

For sorand exit where I’ll flip my hair over ht and do ht in, all the while he’ll be laughing in histhe move he’ll then make on his friends little sister

No, that’s not it

He’s parked directly in front ofto hide the sound or s from the vehicle

He doesn’t think he’s sly

He simply doesn’t care, because he knows he’s untouchable, it’s written in the way he pushes the passenger door open and steps out into the ue rebel

This guy, he comes from a place so far from this one it’s not even funny

Here, teenagers get drunk on tailgates on dirty riversides They ca ravy They fight over girls or guys or whose fault it was for the points scored by their rival teaame Simple, everyday stuff

The world he co of the past, the parties at hts far crueler It’s a town founded and ran by an ethically challenged power family, void of a justice system

No, that’s wrong, too

There is a justice systehteen-year-olds

Three adopted siblings born for a purpose greater than those on the outside could ever understand

The brothers of Brayshaw

One of which is sitting outside

It won’t kill hier

Royce

Scanning the fenceless houses of the tattered block, I step into the large open grassy area, and bring myself closer to the one with the rickety back door and busted ass blinds

There’s a random bench dropped in the center of the yard, so I plant my ass onto the old, splintered wood

“Why are you sitting inat my house?”

I hop right the fuck back up, spinning to glare at theher brows at me

I don’t say shit as I eye her, and she crosses her arirl can’t be more than, fuck, I don’t know Five-foot max Maybe

Fucking tiny

Kinda ht

I hop over the bench, pushing toward her, and her chin lifts to the sky—the only way she’s able to keep hers on mine—but she doesn’t inch away

“Why are there no fences around to keep people likeat your house?” I counter

“Because this place is as safe as safe can be”

“No such thing, baby girl”

“The worst that happens here is Tom Marvel down the street waters his yard on even days instead of odd” Herher head