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Esther reached for me.
I side-stepped and popped her in the nose again.
She screamed.
More blood pooled from her nostrils.
“I’m not going to fight you over a man.” I told her, measuring my tone. “If Trucker wants you then there’s no accounting for taste, you can have him.”
“You have no right to talk to me like that.”
“But until then, you come for me when I don’t call for you and I’ll do more than bust your nose.”
“I’m having you arrested.”
“Do I look scared?” I stepped toward her.
Esther gasped and backed up.
“Take a fucking good look.” I leaned in. “Do I look scared?”
“W-what are you doing?”
She backed up again.
I was not going to pussy-foot around anything with this bitch anymore. If she wanted a fight, I’d give her one and made sure I play dirty.
I grabbed a pack of magnum condoms from a display next to her. Glancing down at it, I tapped it into my palm to make sure the box was sealed.
Teenagers had started opening them to steal one then putting back the unsealed box on the shelf. It was easier to steal them.
Sure, they could get them from the clinic for free, but we lived in a small town.
People talked and the last thing the kids wanted was for news to get back to their parents.
I ensured she saw me do it, then sashayed my fine ass toward the end of the aisle.
When I was out of her view, I exhaled the haughty breath I’d been holding, swallowed the lump in my throat and continued through my day.
Trucker had said he wasn’t interested in Esther.
But how could I believe that?
Aside from smelling like an overused ashtray, Esther was pretty. The smell could be taken care of by better hygiene.
She’d always been pretty with her perfect hair and perfect face.
In high school, she used her looks like a kid who’d found their dad’s loaded gun.
She’d flirted with the boys, no matter if they were single or not. She’d seduced them, not because she wanted or particularly cared for them. She’d done it because she could and very soon afterward, dumped them.
Christian Morrison was just a toy she took because Angela Milligan accidentally bumped into her at the lockers. The same day Christian’s head was turned, she dumped him publicly right before second period.
His parents moved away soon after that.
Some said it was for work—but we knew the humiliation had broken him.
Angela became different afterward.
