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Nowe did, eren’t ever able to find anything on the mystery woman

On the Fourth of July, while standing on Dad’s boat, I learned who his mistress was

It wasn’t a woman at all

Dad, in front of his two stunned and confused children, proposed to Quinn Sommers

His best friend

His ay best friend

Dad had barely slid the ring onto Quinn’s finger and grinned at Quinn’s uttered, “Yes,” before I rammed a fist into his face

The fireworks were like a gunshot in the air, defining the very moment when all hell officially broke loose in my world

Dad may have been the catalyst, but it was someone else I went to ith

Canyon

August—Senior Year

I wasn’t always a vengeful piece of shit At one ti places, and my peers respected s for me Add in my shitty summer, and it went from bad to worse

Now, all I care about ishim pay

Alister Sommers

My future stepbrother

At one ti around the sa the other’s existence

Sure, our fathers were best friends, but that didn’tor followed their lead We tolerated each other at best Offered a polite nod whenever ere forced to be in each other’s presence

Everything was fine, just as it was

Until that hot July night

After I punched athered his would eventually smooth out As much as I wanted to beat the hell out of ain

I’m not typically so quick-tempered

I prefer the slow si even with soe

Getting even with Dadhim in all the places I could Which, since he’s now dumped his previous family for a new one, meant them

Quinn and Alis

If I want to hurt Dad, I hurt Quinn And if I want to hurt Quinn, I go for his beloved son

There’s a method to my madness

To bring down the kings, you take out their little prince

“Is anyone else getting e, irlfriend’s little sister, asks from the back seat

I flick my eyes to the rearview mirror to meet the bitchy smile of my mini nemesis If it weren’t for the fact she’s Naos Her arrogance is rubbing off on Carrie, which is starting to piss me off