Page 54 of Shattered Pieces

“That girl made her bed, Ty. It’s not my problem. She probably should have thought about that before buddying up with Rivera,” he grunted, and I got to my feet, knowing my eye was already starting to swell.

“You’re like a broken record. You just can’t face the fact that you were so unreliable that she had to turn to your enemy for help. Don’t you feel guilty leaving her in there? You promised to have her back but you never did,” I growled as Jensen appeared, and I wasn’t sure who was more surprised, me or Skeeter, when Jensen threw a fist at his face.

The pair of them went back and forth, a crowd growing and gaining more attention. Both of them were going to get fucking arrested at this point.

“The fuck?” Caden barked, motioning to me like I was the crazy one. “Are you going to help break this shit up?”

“If I have to,” I huffed, helping him as we managed to get them apart.

Skeeter had a split lip while Jensen’s nose was bleeding, the pair of them breathing heavily as they glared at each other.

“What the fuck, Gilbert?” Skeeter snapped, fighting Caden’s hold.

“You’re a piece of shit,” Jensen spat, and I held on a little tighter as he tried to throw another punch.

People were eating this shit up, filming it and most likely intending on selling the videos to news channels. The fallout of us over Rory would make headlines.

Reporters were still lingering, but nothing like before. They were all too damn scared of getting shot at.

“Calm the fuck down. We don’t need to get arrested,” I warned Jensen, and he relaxed his arms a little, letting Lukas pull him towards the Camaro to leave, and I gave Skeeter one last dirty look before moving towards my car too.

Caden and Skeeter were still glaring at us as we all left, Jensen and Lukas going one way, while I went the other like we’d been doing almost every day after school since Rory was arrested.

My face was killing me, and I really hoped Hunter had some ice packs at the warehouse.

I perked up at seeing Marco’s bike parked outside the warehouse, parking beside it and making my way inside. Faris saw me and motioned to the loft, letting me know Hunter and Marco were up there, so I headed up and knocked before stepping inside.

Hunter was cursing at Marco, and I winced as they turned to look at me.

“Uh, want me to wait downstairs?” I asked, not knowing what kind of scolding this was.

“What happened to your face?” Hunter grunted, pointing to a chair as he walked towards the freezer.

I sat, eyeing Marco. “Doesn’t matter. Did you find out about Rory?”

“I’m not in the mood today, Ty. What happened to your face?” Hunter growled, handing me the ice pack.

“Pissed off Skeet in the school parking lot. You should have seen what Jensen and Skeet did to each other though,” I huffed, pressing the ice to my eye. “I want to know about Rory. Is she okay?”

“This fucking idiot,” Hunter snapped, waving a hand in Marco’s direction with frustration. “Broke into the hospital through the air ducts last night and fell asleep next to Aurora. He woke up just before the guards came in when she was discharged. Barely got out without being caught.”

I was jealous he got to see her, but relieved at the same time. At least she’d had someone in there.

“You got to see her?” I asked Marco, who nodded.

“You know things are rough when she was happy to spend time with me. I paid the night guard off, but their shift changed at some point. I didn’t mean to fall asleep.”

“Is she okay? Did you guys talk?”

“The damage was nothing major and was easily fixed. Mentally, she’s a bit of a mess though. She had a pretty good breakdown and cried herself to sleep. It’s how I ended up passing out, I didn’t want to move her,” he grumbled, looking annoyed at himself. “I’m turning into Hunter.”

Hunter didn’t find the comment amusing, crossing his arms and glaring at him.

“You could’ve gotten arrested and gotten her in trouble.”

“It was an accident, man,” he argued, pointing at me. “You get that, right?”

“Hey!” Hunter barked. “Don’t do that shit. I’m not having you drag him into it.”