FALLING FOR MY BULLY STEP-BROTHER

lie'

t wa

going to let it

asked, unable

d me lightly und

et hot. I clenched the spoon in my han

as you'll soon be from the

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me. If I go down, you go down with m

ng room f

ate. Joey's eyes shifted between us slowly

n his chair. Relaxed, like

his glass. "You usually threaten people

exactly wha

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explain. Not witho

ve no reason to accuse the

tly could

tion drugs in my locker beca

nded ri

y. The taste of the food sudd

ak again, before my mothe

ading voice sent a sharp sl

ared

le

found h

ready to be

mother, and the smile

wing your way into

ied enough authority to cut

of us, then his eye

ly, he lowered his eyes. I was surprised,

ence desce

his fork do

this house to be resp

ed on Kian fir

made myse

gaze stubbornly re

n responded wit

the meal continued

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mother told me you're attendi

e it

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ightened my back to better take i

answered b

cademic sc

s, s

was laced with a quiet a

ting my head up

the respons

e, Kian looked e

ank

nodded

ellence requir

glowed beside him. Then

disciplined," he s

up. His ey

asked again, my knuckles turned wh

ting like one. I do not know what happened in school. What I do kn

in, lifting his hands

e outsiders and I will not tolerate any carelessness that will cost me my reput

drive her

ly I heard a crack. Kian loo

ca

, you both must go to school together." He said

ft, with no

d after him. As her footsteps died down,

his voice had a sting to it now, "No one can know about

ed at hi

blind than want to be relate

d back at my words

serve to be seen with

d than I'd seen in the last 3 mo

t, my eyes went to the bedside table. On

best of me, and I

scrawled on it. I gritted my tee

stupid voice as

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e up fr

t be late,