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“Maybe Reed’s a hard guy to decode He’s always so damn stoic”

“He’s definitely that” I laugh “So he no longer cares about your brother’s opinion?”

“I plan on finding out tonight at dinner, one way or the other Heto wait around for sorow a pair and tell my brother to fuck off with his, ‘My sister is off-li to pine for hien or whoever else It’s not fair” She releases a heavy sigh “Enough abouton with you and ain I’ve never seen him act like he does around you I still can’t believe he took you to see your sister”

I groan “I don’t know, Ains I think he’s a jerk more often than not and I don’t trust hi so unexpectantly sweet like taking reat he ith her And today—he looked like he was going to murder Peyton on the spot when he burst into that bathrooot to entleness I would’ve never thought he was capable of, it confused me He confuses me”

Ainsley scrunches her face “Boys are stupid”

I clink ainst hers “I’ll drink to that”

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

KINGSTON

“What’s the plan?” Reed takes a drag from his joint

We’re standing in the Windsor parking lot, right outside of the gy practice

I look at hi to have a feords with her”

“Why’d you need us for that?”

“Because we need to present a united front These people need to know that if anyone fucks with Jazz, they’re going to have to deal with all three of us”

“Man, I’ve never wanted to hit a girl before, but that girl teed up on Jashts because they’re totally hot, but locking her in a rooht off ten bitches at once is just bullshit Even I’ shady”

I raise an eyebrow “You two know you need to cut off Whitney and Iuilty”