Page 32 of Claimed and Shamed

“We have to do something, man. If this gets out, it could ruin everything for you, and I really don’t want that. You’re already on thin ice with your parents and who knows what they could do if something like this gets out.”

“Yeah.” I know Sawyer is right.

We go back into the house, but as we walk in, Sawyer gets a text.

“WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS?!” Sawyer screams, going from zero to a hundred so quickly that I don’t even have time to react. He shoves his phone into my face and I see with horror, that someone has sent him a link to a video, of Stevie and I in her dorm room. To anyone else, it might look like some random guy because my face is pixelated out, but Stevie’s face is clearly recognizable, and Sawyer knows me too well not to know it is me.

Just when I thought the night couldn't get any worse.

“Why the FUCK would you do this? WITH MY SISTER?! You promised you wouldn’t touch her! I trusted you! Are you trying to ruin her life? Is this a game to you or something?” he’s going completely ballistic on me, but I honestly can’t blame him. Besides, I knew he would react this way, if he found out.

I don’t try to deny it, but – before I even have time to respond – my parents come out, as they heard his loud outburst.

“What’s going on here?”

“Oh nothing much. Just that your son has a sex tape out with my little sister!” Sawyer points at me and my mother gasps, her hand covering her mouth.

“If your son knows what’s good for him, he’ll stay the fuck away from me AND my sister forever!” Sawyer storms out of the house, slamming the door behind him.

“Is this true, Hudson? Sawyer has never gotten pissed at you like that, ever! What does he mean a sex tape with his sister? Please tell me this is some kind of joke!” My parents are being really annoying, but I’m not having any of it. I know they are only concerned about how this would ruin the chance of me pretending to have a squeaky clean past for the position they’ve been practically grooming me since I was a child.

I have to track Sawyer down before he does something stupid, such as confronting Stephanie, before I can explain everything to him.

Chapter Fifteen

Stephanie

I enter the hallway, on my way to Hudson's room, feeling the weight of my anxiety building in my chest. I had planned to talk to him, but there seems to be some kind of commotion going on. Some people, who are standing by, give me strange looks, but I ignore them and keep going forward. As I get closer to Hudson's dorm room, I hear raised voices coming from inside. The door is open, and a few people are lingering outside.

I take a deep breath and step inside. What I see makes my heart stop.

“I can’t fucking believe you! You’re an asshole who preyed on my sister and I can’t believe I’ve been friends with you for this long! You’re a coward! I know you’ve been hiding this, all this time, because you knew I would fucking blow up on you! I never would have let this happen! I can’t believe I’ve stuck by your side all these years, all for you to just turn out to be a creepy fucking loser!”

Sawyer is livid, and screaming at Hudson, calling him every insult imaginable.

“Sawyer, please. Come on, man. If you just give me one second to talk, I can explain—”

“Explain what?! You’ll never amount to anything without your parents’ help, cleaning your life up every time you’ve made a mistake, and you fucking know that! And now you’re trying to drag my sister down with you!”

“Woah woah woah! Wait! What the fuck is going on in here?” I finally interject. I can’t handle the verbal abuse Sawyer is dishing out to Hudson. Sure, he can be an asshole sometimes, but I don’t think he’s ever done anything to deserve being spoken to like this.

Sawyer sees me, but doesn’t respond. He’s too agitated and unhinged to even speak to me. Instead, he hands me his phone and presses play on a video.

It’s Hudson and I in my dorm room, the night after the Henrik and Tricia drama. My blood runs cold. I stare at the screen in horror, watching as Hudson and I reveal more than we intended in that private moment.

“How long has this been going on, Stevie?” Sawyer demands. At first, I’m too stunned to respond.

Then I say, “It’s none of your business.”

“None of my business? You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me! Hudson? Of all the guys in the whole college, it had to be Hudson? Do you know what kind of guy he is?”

“Sawyer, stop. Please.” Hudson seems defeated, as if he knows there’s no getting through to Sawyer, but he’s still trying.

“Stop what, Hudson? Don’t you want her to know about that girl you knocked up? Don’t you want her to know how your parents covered it all up with money and an abortion?”

Sawyer glares at Hudson and then turns to me.

“Don’t you think it’s your business to know that? He’s fucking irresponsible, Stevie. Yet here you are, falling right into his trap, as well! All that talk in the video, clearly you’ll be next! He’ll probably fuck a baby into you and then have his parents fix the problem just like he did with that other girl!”