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A knot forms in my throat, but I manage to rasp around it, “I need to leave.”
“And he needs you,” he whispers, reaching out to take my hand. “Please, Payton.”
My features grow taut, and I let him, admitting, “I’m scared.”
“I know, but so is he. I’ve never seen him like this. He loves you, both of you. You have to know this.”
I clench my teeth to keep them from chattering and close my eyes.
Screaming has them flying right open.
Both our heads yank to the left just in time to see a girl with blond hair run down the steps of the porch, Alister right behind her, shouting at the top of his lungs.
Tears stream down her cheeks, and the door flies open again, Mason and Brady rushing out.
Alister whips around, his posture stiff with rage, and the girl starts to cry harder.
Chase and I look at each other, jumping out at the same time and taking a few steps up the sidewalk in time to hear Mason say, “I don’t know what happened here, but you need to break it up or take it somewhere else.”
“You wanna know what happened?” Alister rushes forward, screaming, “You fucked my girlfriend and got her pregnant!”
The air whooshes from my lungs on a gasp, and dark brown eyes snap over, locking on to mine.
Mason
“Why the fuckare you here? You came to see him? To throw this shit in my face even more?”
I hear the fucker screaming with my door closed. Brady and I look at each other, then shoot to our feet, our textbooks falling to the floor with a thud, and we hustle down the stairs.
“So much for cramming for that exam uninterrupted,” I grumble. “This fucking dude, I swear.”
Brady chuckles behind me. “How much do you love this whole ‘captain keeps them in check’ role, bro?”
I flip him off over my shoulder, the heaviness of the day too fucking much.
I don’t have time to deal with this asshole’s shit anymore today. He already pushed me once and got the best of me in front of Payton.
And then she ran from me.
She told me there was no competition, and then she ran away.
A deep ache takes root in my chest, but I push it aside, coming around the corner with a hard expression.
“Drama stays outside!” I snap.
Two heads whip my way, and a small frown builds when I get a look at the girl.
“Allana?”
Her eyes go wide with panic, face wet with tears as she looks from Alister to me and back.
“Are you okay?” I step toward her. “He didn’t hurt you, did he?”
She opens her mouth at the same time that Alister’s mocking laugh fills the space. “This is fucking hilarious coming from you!”
“I can’t do this,” she squeaks, running out the door.
Alister shoves me on his way by, and the screaming continues.
