No Good Deed by Kai Juniper
Author:Kai Juniper [Juniper, Kai]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-03T00:00:00+00:00
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JAKE
âJake, leave him alone,â Sean says. âShe already told us it was an accident.â
âSo did my mom.â I keep my eyes on Troy. âEvery bruise. Every black eye. It was always an accident.â
âThatâs what this is about?â Troy gets up and comes over to me. âIâm not your fucking dad. She fell. End of story.â He gets in my face. âStay out of my business, Sanders. You shouldnât even be here. Go back to your fancy little college and go find a sorority girl to fuck. Maybe itâll help you relax.â He smirks at me, then saunters to the kitchen.
âIâm leaving,â I say to Sean, heading to the door.
âJake, wait up.â He catches up to me as I go outside to my car. âJust ignore Troy. You know how he is. Always trying to start shit. You canât let him get to you.â
I stop and turn to him. âWhy do you still hang out with him? Heâs so fucking annoying. I donât know how you can stand being around him.â
âHeâs one of us. Like family. You donât turn your back on your own.â
âYouâre not turning your back on him by telling him to hang out with someone else. He has other friends. He doesnât need to be here.â
âWhatâs your problem? Why are you messing with Troy? You know itâs not going to change anything.â
âI think he did it. I think he gave Tara the black eye.â
âHe didnât. She told you herself that she fell.â
âYou donât get a black eye from falling. You get it from someone punching you in the face.â
âHe didnât punch her,â Sean says. âShe wouldnât stay with him if he did.â
âShe would if she was afraid to leave him. My mom wouldnât leave my dad, no matter how many times he hit her.â
âHey, Iâm sorry about that, but you canât go accusing people of shit just because of what you saw growing up. Troy didnât punch her.â
âDo you know if heâs ever gotten rough with her?â
âIâve seen him grab her, but he didnât do it to hurt her. He was just trying to get her attention.â Sean lowers his voice. âIs there something going on with you and her?â
âNo. Why would you ask me that?â
âYouâre getting really worked up for some girl you havenât seen since we were kids. And I noticed the way she looked at you. Like you two have some kind of secret.â
âThereâs no secret,â I say like heâs crazy. âShe barely looked at me, and she wasnât looking at me any differently than she looked at you.â
He shrugs. âIâm just telling you what I saw. And if I noticed, thereâs a chance Troy did too.â
âFor the last time, thereâs nothing going on.â
âWould you tell me if there was?â
I pause before answering.
âFuck,â Sean mutters. âI knew it.â
âWhat? I didnât say anything.â
âYou didnât have to.â He shoves my shoulder. âAre you really that stupid? Youâre in college. Youâre supposed to be smart.â
âI donât know what youâre talking about. Nothingâs going on.â
âYeah, right. Thatâs why you accused Troy of punching his girlfriend.
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