Violence (Antihero Inferno #3) - Lily White Page 0,87
well, Clayton is just for fun, and I can’t lie and claim I’m not looking forward to running that piece of shit through the woods. I’ve always hated him.
Shane calms down enough to unclench his jaw, the muscles in his shoulders relaxing.
“You can’t go after William. It’ll only tip our families off to the fact that we’re not playing by the rules anymore. At least wait until Tanner and Gabe have what they need to bring our fathers down.”
Stabbing a hand through my hair, I relax back in my seat.
“So what do I do in the meantime?”
“Talk to Damon,” he answers. “Stop fucking around with this Emily shit. Cut her loose.”
“I can’t do that.”
“Why the hell not?” Priest interjects. “She’s just a chick. You should be more like Shane and me and see that shit for what it is. A good time until you pull your clothes back on and get the hell out of there.”
So caught up with Shane, I’d almost forgotten Priest was still in the room. My stare dances between Shane and him.
“One of these days, both of you are going to fall for some woman that will drive you mad, and when that day comes, you can bet your asses I’ll be sitting there with popcorn watching that shit and laughing about it.”
“Not going to happen,” Priest snorts.
Shane grins. “You’ll be waiting a long time for that.”
Sure I will.
I’d thought the same thing in high school.
At least until Emily Donahue walked into my life and wrecked my world.
“Whatever. I’ll talk to Damon.”
“Excellent. You should jump right on that.”
My eyes flick up to Shane. “As in right this second?”
“Do you have something better to do? The only thing I see you doing is sitting around crying about your girl problems and hiding in the shop. If you’re not careful, Priest and I will shove you under a car and make you do some work.”
“Either that,” Priest says, “or make you fix your own bike to teach you a lesson.”
I shoot him a look and flip him off. He laughs and shoves up to his feet.
“Go fix shit with your brother, asshole. That’s the most important person you have in this world. Don’t fuck it up over a girl.”
He walks out of the room, leaving Shane and me alone. Shane scratches his jaw and grins.
“You heard the man. I’ll have the bike fixed in a couple of days. Just leave the trailer and take off.”
“Fine.”
Pushing to my feet, I slap palms with Shane as I pass and make my way through the shop and to the parking lot. After unhooking the trailer from the Jeep, I hop in and take off in the direction of my house.
But then anger tugs at me, a string tied so fucking tight to my thoughts that I find myself cruising down the street in the neighborhood where I grew up.
I’m not sure what the plan is, probably just to drive past my father’s house and keep going without stopping to kick his ass, but my foot hits the brake when I spot a familiar car in his driveway.
Pulling the Jeep over behind a large enough hedge that I won’t be easily seen, I step out and peek around, wondering what the hell I’m seeing.
Something weird can’t be going on.
It must be somebody else’s car, one that looks identical to Emily’s.
Because there’s no way in hell she would be at my father’s place. She has no reason to be here. She knows how much Damon and I hate him.
Emily may have screwed with us in the past, and I’m beginning to believe she had her reasons, but she would never do something like this.
It’s too bad that an hour later, the front door opens, and a beautiful redhead steps out.
It’s even more of a shame that when my father kisses her hand, I decide that I’m not just cutting her loose from our lives like Priest and Shane suggested...
I have every intention of making her life a living hell in the process.
Emily
We’re four weeks in. Four infuriating weeks that I’ve considered cutting the twins off entirely and accepting Ivy’s offer for me to join her on vacation. It would be nice to spend the next several months soaking up the sun and not giving a damn about any of my problems.
From what I know, she left California and flew to Florida to spend a few weeks there, and I’m so very tempted to join her.