Nate’s head snaps up in the blink of an eye and watches him leave. He drops Josh and takes off after Jackson like a bat out of hell. Maxen goes with him, leaving Tyson and Jesse to handle the three boys, though, the blonde guy Jesse was playing with is already passed out on the concrete floor.
I hear laughter across the circle where Jackson was standing a moment ago and I see red. I race forward and grab Phoenix out of the circle and pull her in. She screams out as she’s yanked forward and I suddenly have Brooke at my side, desperately trying to pull me off her, but all I can focus on is how this trash violated my home and told the world about my sickness.
I feel completely humiliated and she needs to pay.
“You broke into my home,” I yell at her as I wrap my fingers around the flimsy fabric of her cropped shirt and shake.
She grabs my hands and digs her nails into me, forcing me to release her, though it’s not needed as Jesse grabs me around the waist and hauls me back. “Ha,” Phoenix says. “About fucking time you worked it out. Are you slow or are you just stupid?”
“What the fuck are you talking about?” I yell from behind Jesse, trying my hardest to get past him, only he shoves his arm out across my chest like a steel cage holding me in place. “Did you want me to find out that you’re fucking nuts? That you spend your weekends breaking into people’s homes?”
“No,” she scoffs in amusement with an irritating grin. “I just find it funny that it’s taken you this long. I was on every fucking camera in your house,” she taunts. “Evidence was everywhere and you had no fucking idea. I was in your room. Your bathroom. Your closet. And there’s nothing you can do about it.”
I fly towards her. “You crazy fucking bitch,” I scream as Jesse grabs me a little tighter.
Phoenix looks up at Jesse. “Control your dog,” she laughs.
I feel Jesse’s hold on me loosen and I know it won’t take much more for him to let me go and dig my claws into her. Phoenix looks back at me. “Tell me, did you even remember to check your cameras? Or did you forget?” My teeth clench together and her grin widens. “Ha,” she laughs. “I knew it. You’re pathetic. You forgot.”
“I didn’t forget anything,” I say, giving a little white lie. “The cameras don’t work. They weren’t on.”
“Don’t bother lying to me, princess. This isn’t my first rodeo,” she says. “The little red light was flashing on every single one. I flipped you off in every room of the house.”
“Look who’s lying now,” Jesse cuts in. “My dad checked the surveillance himself. There was nothing on it.”
Her eyes swivel toward Jesse. “Your dad?” she howls with laughter. “That’s fucking perfect. Looks like my daddy dearest deleted the footage like a good little boy. Always looking out for what’s his.”
“Excuse me?” Jesse grunts, confused by her statement while looking at her as though she’s gone nuts.
“Oh,” she says, putting her hand over her mouth and acting surprised before winking at him. A sick, twisted grin takes over her face and I know whatever she’s about to say is going to rock our world. “Didn’t you know, little brother? We’re family.”
He shakes his head as he narrows his eyes on her. “You’re fucking crazy.”
“No,” she laughs. “What’s crazy is when we slept together last year. It was fucking good, but knowing you were my brother just made it that much better.”
His arm completely drops to his side as he grabs her by the collar of her shirt and pulls her ferociously into his face. “What the fuck are you talking about?” he roars with an intense anger that I’ve never seen coming from Jesse Ryder in my life.
“Do you really need me to explain?” she laughs before talking slowly and enjoying it way too much. “Your dad. Our dad is a fucking whore. He knocked up my mother eighteen years ago, right after he found out your mom was pregnant with Nate.”
“You’re fucking lying,” he growls.
Her eyes widen a fraction, but she’s having way too much fun. “Tell me,” she says. “Why would I lie about screwing my brother and breaking into Tora’s place in front of all these people? I’m the fucking cheer captain. I have too much to lose, but watching you and Nate go down like dogs means way too much to me.”
Jesse releases her with such speed she stumbles back. “Oh,” she says. “You might want to stop telling people you fucked me. You know,” she adds with a wink. “Incest and all.”
“Fuck,” Jesse grunts before he barges his way past her and starts throwing up on the grass.