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Thatto his own house for a shower and change of clothes Sweetheart that she was, Jazzy hooked hi cup of coffee and a muffin the size of his head Since they were the only ones in the diner besides Thunder, who’d been taking a piss, Screw had paid for breakfast with a toe-curling kiss

Just before he walked away, she’d whispered six words in his ear Six words that had been ping-ponging around his head ever since she’d uttered them

Your brothers trust you Trust yourself

Trusting himself meant no jokes, no quips, no bullshit He made his decision and had to own it as well as deal with the consequences

He had to be a fucking adult

And he could do that He could be what his brothers needed in an enforcer, and he could make Jazzy proud

Waitwhat? Make Jazz proud?

What the hell did that matter?

But it did It mattered a lot for some insane reason He wanted the next time he saw her to be with a smile on her face because he’d done well He’d done as right He didn’t havepeople proud and fuck if he didn’t want Jazz to be pleased with him even when he had his clothes on

Fuck, what the hell was going on with him?

“Screw you think you could actually pay attention since you’re the reason we’re all fucking here?” Copper said

“Yeah, of course Sorry, just running through things in my head”

Copper blew out a long slow breath, and Screw’s nerves flared Sa he’d had each and every ti with his principal Jesus, he was a twenty-six-year-oldlike the fourteen-year-old chuym teacher

“All right,” Copper said “Everyone here knoe got an SOS call froht He was at a CDMC party with Gumby, who is Jazz’s friend from an MC in Arizona” He looked at Mav as he said that last part Catching the guy up