Page 41 of Girl Like Me

“What the fuck are you doing screwing Lydia? That wasn’t part of the deal.” Carter snaps.

“Neither was Bristol not putting out and if she marries me, this is just the way our world works.” Sebastian says with a smirk.

Carter backhands Sebastian and his lip splits open, a small drop of blood falls from his lip. Carter leans over and wipes it away with his thumb and sucks it into his mouth.

“We need this to all run smoothly. There’s a lot riding on it for both of us, so keep your dick in your pants and focus on the end game. You can fuck all the sluts you want when there’s a ring on her finger.”

Carter’s phone starts vibrating and I slip back behind the wall and walk away.

“B, snap out of it,” Someone says and everything’s still blurry. “Damn B, I thought you were dead.”

I blink a few times and see Echo is squatting down beside me, why is he here? He helps me sit up and I see Chloe’s crying and being consoled by Echo's friend Mossy. Carter looks down at me from above with a smirk and Sebastian is nowhere to be seen.

“What are you doing here?” I ask him and he smiles, helping me up into a standing position.

“Selling drugs to these rich pricks is easy cash, double the price and I clean up within an hour. I’m providing a public service.”

I shake my head at him with a slight laugh. “And we get to see our girl.”

“Our girl?” I repeat, back to him.

“Yeah, since you closed the door on me having any chance, I have a soft spot open and Chloe’s more than willing to take that position.”

He flashes his pearly whites at me and I grab his thick gold chain and pull him in close so only he can hear me.

“You better not hurt her, she’s too good for the likes of us. If you think my uncle is scary, just wait until you make me mad.”

I release his chain and he stands up straight. “Yo B, I really like this girl.”

“Good, you better treat her like a damn princess.”

“What the fuck!” Someone roars from behind us. We all turn to see Chev and his dickhead mates walking our way. Both Echo and Mossy step in front of Chloe protectively and I smile at the anger simmering in Chev’s eyes. I cross my arms over my chest, excited to see Chev put in his place.

“Move!” Chev demands and Echo laughs in his face.

“Unlikely bro,” Mossy says, his large frame blocking Chev’s view of Chloe.

Chloe steps out from behind him and places her small hand on his arm and smiles.

“What do you want, Chev? You’ve made your feelings very clear and it’s time I accepted them.” Tears well in hereyes and she sniffles.

“We need to talk,” Chev says and I step forward, cutting him off.

“Just back off, you’ve done enough already. Why can’t you just let her be?”

“Why can’t you Bristol? You’re dragging her into your life and you have no idea how fucked up that even is. Your unhealthy relationship with your older brother, your other brother looks at you with stars in his damn eyes and you can’t even remember any of it.”

“Shut up, you don’t know anything about my brothers!” I snarl, getting defensive. I quickly shake off the anger not understanding where it came from. “You don’t get to speak about Milo.”

“Fine, but Carter is a few crayons short of a box. I was surprised when you went to the looney bin and not him.”

Chloe steps forward and slaps Chev across the face. “Just leave!” she screams. “You’re an asshole, Chev Abrams.” Chloe turns and runs away, weaving through other people at the party. I watch where she runs to, then turn back and shake my head at Chev.

“You just lost the best thing that you had in your life.” I leave him with that and follow after Chloe.

I find her sitting on the front steps. “I’m sorry,” she sniffles.

“For what? You did nothing wrong. Let's go back to my house and watch something mindless on TV and eat a ridiculous amount of junk food that we’ll regret tomorrow.”

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