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Heathen (Redwood Rebels #2)(7)
Author: Rachel Leigh

“Why later? Who is it?” she asks, as she begins trying to stuff her hand in my pocket like she’s a jealous ex-girlfriend.

I shove her hand away. “Get the fuck off of me.” But she doesn’t stop.

“Who the hell is it, Lars?” This is what I deal with on a daily basis. Constant patrolling from my stepsister because she’s an obsessed psycho.

“I don’t know. I said I’d get it later.” I give her another shove and she stumbles back, falling on her ass. Everyone looks in our direction and Marni’s eyes widen in horror.

“Lars! Did you just push her?” She hollers as she hurries to our side. Yes, I just pushed her because she’s not the sweet innocent girl she’s making you all think she is. But, I don’t say it. Instead, I extend a hand to try and help her up.

I’m not surprised that she ignores it and plays the victim. Instead, she lets Marni help her up. Wrapping her arm around Marni’s waist, she’s led back to the fire. Halfway there, she looks over her shoulder and throws me a sadistic smile. She’s playing a game, and every single one of us are her pawns.

“Talon. Tommy,” I yell then signal toward the building with a nod of my head. Talon gives Marni a look before following my lead. I guess that’s what it’s like to be pussy-whipped. Is that what I am? Am I pussy-whipped by my fucking stepsister? A girl I hate. The way she’s glaring at me through the fire with flames in her eyes, I’m certain that I am. My phone sounds in my pocket again and I’m about to lose my shit. I end the call and send Willa a text on a whim.

Me: What the hell do you want, Willa?

This damn girl won’t stop blowing up my phone. Not even five seconds later, she responds.

Willa: Can you meet me at Miner Park, please? It’s important.

I don’t even respond. I don’t have time for this.

I’m a few feet ahead of the guys when I pull open the rusty old screen door. It slams shut behind me as I begin pacing back and forth in the dark entryway. My shadow casts on the floor as a sliver of light from the fire shines through the door. When it rips back open and Tommy and Talon step inside, my feet continue to move as I talk. “You fuckers left me.”

“What’s the big deal? We didn’t find anything, anyways,” Tommy says.

“The big deal is that when I got to your house, we had a little visitor. Yeah, that’s right.” I stop pacing and face the two of them. “Anderson Thorn showed up.”

Talon looks out the door at Marni then back at me. “No?” He questions me like I’d make this shit up.

“Yes. He’s making threats and demanding shit.” I spit it all out in one breath and keep going. “It’s fucking bad, you guys. He’s livid, and in return, he gave us forty-eight hours to show him where Josh is. And the real kicker, he wants to get rid of the body himself. We’re fucking screwed.”

Talon holds his hand up to stop me. “Would you calm your ass down. We’re fine.”

Tommy has taken over my space on the floor and is pacing back and forth shaking his head. “No. Lars is right. We’re screwed. I fucking knew we should have just left Josh in the road when we saw him.” He stops suddenly. Turning to Talon, anger takes ahold of him. “This is all your fault. You had this grand idea to take his daughter and now look where the hell we are.”

“We need to get Zed back,” I tell them. “We need to earn his trust and make things right with him.” As much as I don’t like it, because I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to trust him again, it has to be done.

Tommy nods his head then snaps his fingers. “Yes. We have to. It’s the only way.”

Talon bites back, “Have you all forgotten that Zed fucking hates me. All this time that I thought he was my friend, he just wanted to get me back for giving his mom those pills.”

He has a point. Sophomore year, Talon developed an unhealthy addiction to pills and started working for a dealer to make ends meet when his parents cut him off. This was all before he was given a hefty trust fund that set him up for the rest of his life. He sold some pills to Zed’s mom and she intentionally overdosed on them and died shortly after. We all thought that Zed forgave Talon when he got clean and made his amends. It seems that Zed didn’t forget, or forgive.

“You need to make this right, Talon. You started this war and you need to fix it.”

“What could Zed possibly want from us?” Tommy asks the question we’re all wondering.

“Who the fuck knows. The point is, we have to either get Zed on our side and tell us where Josh is, or we have to eliminate Anderson before he gets to us.”

Talon scratches at the back of his neck and levels his eyes to mine. “You mean kill him?”

“We do whatever we have to do.”

Turning his head over his shoulder, he looks out at Marni. “No. Not a chance. We’ll find a way to get in Anderson’s good graces and we’ll tame Zed at the same time. This isn’t over; therefore, we still have a chance.”

“Alright. Guess it doesn’t hurt to try. Give Zed a call.” I push past him and walk back out the door to get my delightful stepsister. “I’ve got other shit to deal with right now.” She’s another fucking problem. If she thinks she’s going to play a larger role in my life, she has another thing coming.

With my eyes laser-focused on hers, I strut toward her and grab her by the arm. “We’re leaving.”

“I just got here.” She jerks away. “Marni and I were just talking about throwing a party this weekend. What do you think?”

“What do I think?” I laugh. “I think you're delusional. Now let’s go.”

“What’s your problem, Lars? She just wants to hang out with us. She’s new here and doesn’t have many friends.”

Yeah, for good reason. She doesn’t know how to be a friend. She’s a manipulative little snake. But, I don’t say it. Instead, I play nice. “Fine. You all hang out here. I have someone to go meet.” That snaps Madison’s attention away from Marni really quick. Madison is all up in my business, and if she thinks for a minute that I could be meeting up with a girl, she would lose her damn mind. In her head, I belong to her.

“Where are you going?” Her eyes sadden and I can see her heart rate accelerate through the thin fabric of her baby pink T-shirt.

“Oh, just meeting up with an old friend. You stay here. Enjoy yourself and I’ll see you tomorrow.” It’s a semi-lie. Willa has been blowing up my phone because, apparently, there is something she needs to talk about. Not that I have any idea why Willa would need or want anything from me. We’re not even friends. Hell, we’re not even enemies. She just sort of exists in this world. I turn around to walk away. “Later, Marni.” Tommy and Talon are still inside. Hopefully hashing out a plan. And of course, the smacking of flip flops comes trudging up behind me.

“Wait. I’ll come with you,” Madison says as she hurries to my side.

“I thought you might.” I glare at her and I hope she knows that she’s not going anywhere with me. No. I’m putting this bitch in her place right fucking now.

Sticking close to my side, she attempts to grab my hand when we are out of sight of the others. I spit, “What are you doing?” Then jerk my hand away. When she chuckles, I stop walking. “Madison, this isn’t funny. You can’t just show up places like this. It’s suspicious.”

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