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My phone shone like a beacon where I had left it on the bed after talking to Dovie I dove for it with every intention of taking it into the bathrooht hit me from behind and knocked me to the floor I yelped as pain exploded in my already injured head and tried to scramble away as I was yanked onto ht across ain as my arms were yanked ruthlessly above my head and then I went deathly silent as the barrel of a handgun was pressed directly between my eyes

I nition rippling through ed blue eyes My head was aching,upside down, but there was no uy who had just shot Booker and was now pointing a gun directly to the center of my forehead was soo Gone was the guy I walked to class with Gone was the easygoing guy I borrowed notes fro He looked enraged His cheeks were bright red and his breath hooshing in and out like bellows, and I could feel the hatred pouring off of hiun even harder into my forehead

“Thanks for warning uard, Brysen That’ll make this so much easier for me”

I gasped and stared up at him in shock “Where is Dovie?” My voice was thready and I could hear how scared I sounded He laughed like a lunatic and bent over un I saw his finger twitch on the trigger, and I was pretty sure I was going to die

“She served her purpose This has nothing to do with anyone but you andyou out of the way He’s just oneat your feet”

I had no clue what he was talking about “What?” I tried to wigglenuher up over htly into h un across my cheek, down my nose, and stopped with it shoved into the soft skin under the curve of my chin

“You’re never responsible for the people you kill Never stop to wash the blood off your hands, do you, Brysen?”

I still wasn’t following, so I just keptin the back of h, after he had pretended to be my friend just so he could torive hiave e his weight and almost threhen the action made him leer at me

“I don’t have blood on my hands, Drew You’re the one who tried to run me over, spied on me, and pushed me down the stairs You’re the one covered in blood What did I ever do to you to deserve this?”

I hollered out in pain as he lifted the gun and brought the butt of it down on the side of ony, sharp and blinding fro in front of my eyes Drew used his hold onposition and loomed over me

He barked right into my face, “You don’t play by the rules You think you’re better than everyone else and that you’re special”

I absolutely didn’t think that, but it see inin my head “This is because I wouldn’t date you? You want to kill s for you?”

I sounded confused and it wasn’t all because of the echoing hurt rattling throughup and I needed to shake the cobwebs loose and figure so out My sister needed me, Race needed me, and I wasn’t about to let either of the to be a victim at the hands of this madman

“No, you duain and this time I felt my skin split open The coppery and rusty scent of er felt like it could hold my head up and it flopped back heavily to smack into the side of the bed “This has to do with you and your fa you’re above the law That because you have money and connections, the law and justice don’t apply to you Youra du thing Your dad threw some money at the situation, at the pitiful, pathetic family from the Point He talked to some people, and poof, it all went away Meanwhile,out on painkillers and my little brother ate a bullet because he couldn’t stand the thought of being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life And what happened to the Carters? You just get to go on living life like nothing happened Your dad and your mom, even your perfect little sister, all happy and secure in a fucking bubble You think you’re untouchable”