Bitter Kisses (It's Just High School #3) - Thandiwe Mpofu Page 0,16
he types something on his phone dramatically, then he tosses it aside and looks at me. “Let’s see how much he cares for his whore.”
“Aww, it would be such a shame if he doesn’t bother looking for you,” Shane mocks, looking down at me. “But then again, you’d realize that he doesn’t give a fuck about you and that your betrayal of our school got you here.”
I blink silently, tears running down my face.
Oh my gosh, I can feel the tears! I’m regaining some feeling!
When I regained consciousness a few minutes ago, it didn’t take long for me to realize that I’m no longer in the freezer. Looking up, I notice the high ceilings. It’s like I’m in some kind of warehouse and both Sean and Shane are sitting there, right next to me, touching my body.
No, don’t think about that. Focus on your surroundings.
“When does the drug wear off?” Shane asks his brother but looking at me. I try not to look at him, internally screaming bloody murder. “We need those answers, remember?”
“I don’t really give a fuck about that.”
“Bro, we made a deal—”
“I like how she keeps her bits hairless,” Sean says, cutting him off. “Whores these days, so exquisite, isn’t that right, Mia?”
I only stare, fear making my heart pound furiously in my chest. Another light breeze wafts over me, and the pain starts filtering in.
“Maybe we should take another picture, you know, to document our precious, limited time together. Don’t you think, Mia?” he taunts, and then he makes a show of reaching between my legs.
Horror and anger rush into me and with a burst of energy I didn’t even know I had, I start kicking at him, trying to scream but still can’t.
“Well, I guess the drug is wearing off,” Shane says with an amused laugh. “I think she doesn’t like being touched, bro.”
“Aww, isn’t that cute?” Sean mocks and they start laughing. “You have things to tell us, Ice Queen.”
“Get away from me and don’t touch me!” The scream tears out of me, the words tumbling out of me like an erupting volcano.
“She’s a little fighter this one, huh?”
“Hmm, she’s not so smart though,” Sean says, peering over me. “Hold her down so we can have a fruitful conversation.”
“I don’t owe you a damn thing!” I shout, still kicking and fighting but I’m not really succeeding. If anything, I’m awakening all the agony from all the aches and pains my body suffered. “What did you do to me?”
“Oh, we just had to teach you a lesson,” Shane, the asshole I naively thought I had a crush on says with a smirk on his face. “Let’s just say you didn’t want to come nicely.”
“So, you beat me up,” I spit out angrily.
“Oh God no, not me. Sean did it,” he says dramatically clutching his chest, a faux look of horror on his face. “I could never raise my hand to a hopeless girl who has pined over me like a pathetic little puppy.”
“I’ve never pined over you, you disgusting pig!” I shout, kicking still, but I’m like a futile child that amuses them.
“Oh, that mouth of yours is the reason why you’re here,” he says. Kneeling down beside the dingy bed, watching me. “Is that tongue how you got that bastard scot-free of all charges against him?”
Julian! He’s free! I fall still, the fight almost leaving me as I look at Shane. I can imagine how I look, like a wild, bloody and bruised thing, naked and pathetic but falling still with some semblance of peace at the news of Julian’s trial.
“He’s…” I stutter but keep going anyway. “He’s okay?” I whisper brokenly.
My anxiety from earlier now makes sense. I was losing my mind, wondering if the trial was going to go through or not. If Courtney was going to betray me or not…
“Look at that, the bitch whines for its mongrel,” Shane spits. “Didn’t know an Ice Queen like you has feelings.”
“We don’t give a damn about her fucking feelings! How did she do it? He wants to know.”
What?
“Who?” I whisper, a new chilly shiver of fear snaking its way around my throat to strangle me.
“The person who owed us a shitload of money and directed us to do this, of course!” Shane says, laughing. “Damn, I never thought you’d be hated this much but damn!”
Someone who owes them gave me up to them? Oh my God.