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"You’re supposed to be s for you? Everyone knows to stay away froirl who should have the brains to stay away"
Razor was shot With a gun Metal entered his body at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour Razor said he valued life He said he took owning a gun seriously, but obviously other people don’t share his point of view
He could be dying and I ain and Violet won’t answer questions, at least not directly, and her nonanswers cause bile to continually inch up my throat "Why isn’t he in a hospital?"
I’ pace with Violet’s blistering speed Because I’s s crack under Violet’s feet as she glances over her shoulder at et being raised by thugs, but then they messed with him"
"Who’s they?" I stu tree Leaves of three on a vine I flick my hand away
"Who do you think? The club" She pauses "He’s screwed up in the head, Razor, I ht?"
A cros overhead and there’s a rush of beating wings as an entire flock of birds take flight We’re surrounded by a green canopy, but the growth is so thick that the forest floor lacks full afternoon light Despite the heat of the October day, goose buood to h expression she wears at school dissolves, and in front of irl I’m not sure many people have met "You’re probably the only person in the world ould ever admit that"
"If I’m not allowed at the clubhouse" Violet explained that fe thehteen is permitted If I could pass either of those qualifications, it wouldn’t matter because the clubhouse is on lockdohatever thatthis?"
She flinches "I never said I hated Razor"
"It seeether, she’s blasphen of Terror MC to the point I’ve been ready for her to sacrifice an animal to complete the curse
"You don’t understand ood for is gossip and lies"
I agree I don’t understand how a guy everyone is terrified of uy who stayed behind to protect me when he didn’t know uy who carried lass is the ene me about
Violet’sher pain "My father is dead because of the Terror My reputation has been ruined since kindergarten My mother is a ed by the club, so excuse the shit out ofles to breathe "It’s Razor and he asked for you"
When she exhales, it’s like she’s flipped an emotional switch froirl who felt everything or the girl who appears stone cold "I don’t knohy he asked for you, and I sure as hell don’t understand why you agreed to come with me, but some advice?"
I nod
"Break this off with Razor, because there’s nowhere for it to go I knoho you are Everyone at school has your nu to leave Snowflake for good, and I can also tell you aren’t clubhouse girl ht and I feel oddly overdressed inabout the way Violet said clubhouse girl brought up the ie of less clothes and irl" Whatever that hs "As I said, you don’t understand He won’t walk away from the club for you"
"I’d never ask him to"
Her eyes narrow on lare "I sneaked into a party once, knohat I saw? My dad doing body shots with a wo their bare tits as they danced on the bar You aren’t the kind of girl who’s going to let a strange guy do body shots off you and you sure as hell aren’t the girl who’s going to strip for shits and giggles in front of a crowd Are you telling uy that calls that a typical Friday night?"
A luer back No, I wouldn’t In fact, the idea repulses me Razor’s words haunt ht I patched in
"And let’s say you can get over all that," she continues "I seriously doubt you’ll be okay being harassed by everyone in town and by the police You’re going to resent every whispered ru to resent everyone in the world And then there are those dark, silent and lonely nights you wait by the phone to hear if the people you love have been shot or killed The MC path for a woman isn’t a life--it’s a death sentence"