Page 35 (1/2)

I slarooves in ht The entire torture was just a dream

Unable to take the car anys Leaning against the front of the Escalade, I try to rub the cobwebs out of ht to throw me out I’m a worthless piece of shit that let my sister down I failed her I failed her so badly that she saw the writing on the wall She knew her entire world was falling apart and she knew exactly where to rightfully place the blame--on me

Chapter 23

Haley

With my hands shoved in my jeans pockets and my nose buried in the collar of my father’s old army sweatshirt, I run to keep up with Jax and Kaden They were pissed to findat four and their htened as the three of us walk-run the two blocks froym The bus ran late and John hates tardiness

The moment we step inside, Jax and Kaden bolt for the locker roo for John Only the completely dedicated and insane show this early and they are currently in theset The bell on the tiin push-ups Five o until they start the sit-ups

"I’ you a letter" John sits behind a sing on a laptop

I rest a hip against the doorfrah on this Make him think I’m in control "That’s not why I’m here I want you to train soers freeze "What do I get out of it?"

"An awesohter" West did take down Conner’s little friend and bruised the hell out of Conner’s face It’s definitely arguable that West has raw talent

"Can he pay?"

My face tightens as I try to s for a volunteer to clean the gyot?"

"I’ll return to the gy in ht of fighting makes me ill

John pulls on his bottom ear as if that will help him correctly hear what I uttered When he accepts that hell hasn’t invested in snow-res haven’t taken to air, he speaks "Sit down"

With my foot, I push a boxful of paperwork to the side and drop into the seat across fronorescabinet behind hiht He has his arm around me and both of us hold up an end of the belt I won I barely remember what that type of smile feels like on my face

Since there was a lack of feym and we had to travel to find tournarandfather The two of us were close, very close Noe’re as far apart as strangers