Chapter 13: Meet the New Blythe


    Blythe’s P.O.V.


    “Come on, you said you were ready,” Karma grunted when I stood frozen in front of the door.


    I know I said I was ready, but I didn’t mean it! Obviously, I’m not ready. Not for any of this. I feel like I’m


    going to cry, vomit, and pass out.


    “M-m-maybe you can sneak me i-in the back-”


    “Not a fuc.king chance, Blythe,” Karma cut me off as he stood at the door, waiting for me to walk through.


    “Everything okay, Prez?” I heard someone yell, and I recognized that voice. It hurt my heart to hear it. It


    had me second-guessing everything again, wondering what my chances were if I set Butter down and


    bolted.


    Before I could attempt it, Karma yanked me through the doorway. Just as I suspected, Tae was standing


    near the door. When he saw me, his eyes went wide and the beer in his had shattered on the floor, causing


    everyone to look our way. The music was still sting and there were several members too drunk to give


    a fu.ck, but many of them recognized me and were frozen in shock.


    I couldn’t take my eyes off Tae though. I’ve always found Tae attractive. Hell, I’ve always found all of them attractive, but seeing them so grown up now…


    I mean, Chayton with his Native American traits; that long dark hair, those deep brown eyes that were almost ck. He’s always been tall and muscr, but now he’s that times ten. Just like the rest of them,


    and covered in tats.


    Just like Kylian. He’s buffer than I ever remember, more brooding, and I saw his entire left arm covered in


    ink. That damn ent of his hasn’t let up either.


    Now here I am, staring at Tae, my Korean-American crush, or rather, ex-crush. His ck hair is longer than he ever had it before. Just long enough to tie into a top-knot, but not sure if he could do a man-bun. Right now it’s down and tucked behind his ears that are growing redder by the second. His hazel eyes stand out just like I remember. He’s taller and more muscr too. Not as tall or as buff as Karma and Psycho, but close.


    Tae is absolutely covered in ink though. I’m not surprised at all. He had a few tattoos before I left when I was 16. Tae wanted to be a tattoo artist after high school. He was going to train under Ink, another club member who owned a shop in town. Tae was aputer genius, but that wasn’t his passion. Tattooing was. And he used to beg me to let him brand my skin.


    His tattoos span across both arms, moving in intricate designs behind medium-sized sticker-like tattoos. There were all kinds of different things; flowers, a tiger, a snake, a motorcycle, and a few other things I wasn’t really able to make out. I could see more intricate designsing out from the neck of his gray


    T-shirt. Tae even had a couple of small tattoos on his face.


    “B-Blythe?” He breathed out.


    I feel like I’m looking at a ghost. It’s still awkwardly tense as Tae and I stare each other down. His eyes roamed across my entire body, taking everything in. I know I look like a hot-mess right now. My hair is probably all over the ce, I’m still in my uniform from the diner, and I can only imagine how tired I probably look.


    I started to feel extremely insecure and squeezed Butter’s carrier tighter to me, like it would shield me


    from everyone’s eyes.


    “Holy sh.it, is it really you?” Tae asked as he stepped closer to me. He reached a hand up to touch me, but I backed away. The hurt clear on his face made my chest ache, but I ignored it.


    They hurt me first.


    “Bly…?” Tae asked gently, probably wondering why I didn’t want him to touch me.


    Even when things were bad here, Tae was always there for me. I never denied him any kind of attention. Ever. We never even fought.


    But things are different now. I don’t trust any of them. They all let me down. They all sent me back to hell, and here they are, doing it again.


    “She’s still getting used to everything,” Karma told Tae.


    “Getting used to?” Tae replied with a raised brow. “What does that mean?”


    “It means that we dragged her a.ss here against her will,” Psycho said from a few feet away as some blonde bimbo drapes herself over him.


    I looked away from them. I didn’t want to see the smug look on Psycho’s face. He’s happy they’re finally home and dragged me along with them. They got what they wanted. Hell, maybe he’s happy because it’s only a matter of time before I get sent back to being abused day in and day out.


    “She didn’t want toe back,” Karma stated.


    “What? Why? Because of your husband?” Tae asked me.


    I refused to answer.


    How do they all even know about my husband in the first ce? The way they spit out the word husband confuses me. I know it’s easy to find out that kind of information, but I didn’t think they’d care enough to keep tabs on me. I don’t see why my marriage matters at all. Much like with my supposed husband, they didn’t really want me either.


    “She ran away from him,” Psycho said. “Probably because she was throwing a little tantrum. She thought she could get her way if she made him chase her.”


    “Who would chase her?” The bimbo hanging off of him asked with a disgusted face before giggling.


    “Nobody, babe, Psycho replied with augh. “That’s why her little trick ain’t working. Bet she was about to run right back to him before we took her.”


    Idi.ots. They have no idea what they’re talking about. And trust me, ho.e, I don’t think I’m that chase-worthy either. I’m just… somebody easy to abuse because nobody actually cares about what happens to me. Hell, my husband could kill me and nobody would even report me missing.


    “So, is she gonna be like a new housemaid or something?” the girl asked, with her face scrunched up. “There’s no way she could be a subus. She’s not pretty enough. None of these guys would want


    her.”


    “I want her,” Tae blurted out.


    I felt heat rush to my cheeks, but I didn’t move, didn’t lift my head, didn’t look at anybody.


    “Of fu.cking course you do,” Psycho replied, rolling his eyes. “Ya’ll have fun figuring that out. I have a party to get to.” And with that, he spun around with the blonde in his arms, heading towards the area where the men are the most drunk. Some were even fu.cking some of the club girls out in the open, or getting their


    shafts sucked.


    Gross.


    “Where did you find her?” Tae asked.


    “Hiding in Nebraska,” Karma said.


    I peeked up at Tae, looking at his cut. He has the club’s logo on it. He has a patch that says Tech, and one


    that says Computer Guru. Wait, that must be what C.G. stands for. Tae is C.G.?


    “Why couldn’t I find her?” Tae asked sadly.


    “Because she was getting paid under the table, paying with cash at her apartment, so they didn’t ask


    questions, and never took out a loan or anything else for you to track her with,” Karma said.


    “You really were trying to hide from us, huh, Fireball?” Tae asked in a sad, but light tone.


    I scoffed, but didn’t say anything.


    “She refuses to talk to anybody now that she’s here,” Karma told him.


    Just then, a few more figures entered the room from the other side. They either came from the backyard, or one of the bedrooms. There were three of them in total. Two of which I recognized right away. I hated that my first instinct was to hide.


    Unfortunately, I was already spotted.


    “What the fu.ck is she doing here?” Evander spat as he marched up to us, pointing a figure at me. His twin was trailing right behind him, giving me the evil eye. She was the only one I held eye contact with.


    This time around, Everly is going to know that I won’t be pushed around. Not ever again.


    “I brought her,” Karma stated.


    “Well, take her the fu.ck back!” Evander shouted.


    I tried not to let his disdain get to me, but it did. I’ve always been overly sensitive. I’ve always hated it. Evander and I used to be close. Hell, we were step-siblings at one point. It hurts that he hates me so


    much. But I hate them all too now.


    Still, I couldn’t help but notice the changes in Evander. If I had thought the others had gained some muscles, it had nothing on Evander. He was absolutely huge. Which makes sense. I knew he was going to take over for his dad as the club’s enforcer. His dad was the biggest man I’d ever seen. He told me it was


    because the enforcer had to be the strongest.


    Evander looks the same everywhere else though. Except that he grew out his golden-blonde hair. Now it’s pulled back into a man-bun at the back of his head. I have no idea how long it really is, but he used to always keep it short. His deep brown eyes still hold so much disgust for me, it churns my belly. He had


    stubble growing on his face too, like he was in the beginnings of a beard.


    Everly looks the same as well. Long golden-blonde hair, deep brown eyes, still dressed like a wh.ore, trying


    to show off the boobs and a.ss she never had. Well, now she has boobs. Big ol’ fake ones. I’m not surprised at all that she got a boob job.


    “She’s not going anywhere,” C.G. said as he turned to stand in front of me, between me and Evander.


    My eyes were still on Everly though. I don’t even know who the third person is, but it’s a female. She was clinging to Evander’s arm, trying to calm him down, but he wasn’t paying much attention to her.


    Or his twin.


    Everly took a couple of steps towards me. Nobody noticed. Of course, they wouldn’t. She smiled smugly


    as she crossed her arms.


    “Wow, you finally came crawling back,” she sneered quietly enough that nobody else heard. “Seconds back here and already nobody wants you. Maybe you should just leave.”


    A huge grin spread across my face, making Everly’s smile falter.


    “Oh my god! Ev! You’re so right!” I said loudly, faking the nice note in my voice. “I should totally just leave,


    since nobody wants me here. Thank you! Bye now!”


    I turned on my heel, but Karma stepped in my way. I sighed, feeling defeated. On cue, Everly rushed to Karma’s side, clinging to him and starting the waterworks.


    “All I said was how happy I was for her to be back!” She blubbered. “I don’t know what she’s-”


    “Oh, save it!” I cut her off. Everly was taken aback. I had never talked back or stood up for myself before. She clearly wasn’t expecting me to have changed at all.


    “Don’t talk to my sister like that!” Evander snapped at me.


    I whirled around faster than anyone was expecting, and red at Evander.


    “I’ll talk to your lying wh.ore of a sister, however the fu.ck I want,” I spat, and the room fell awkwardly silent. “I’ll talk to all of you however the fu.ck I want! Ya know what? As a matter of fact,” I said as I set Butter down on the floor and climbed onto the bar, standing on top of it until everyone was looking at me. “This goes for every single one of you. I did not want toe here. I was dragged back, and I’m not happy about it. Those of you who used to know me… well, I’m not the same Blythe anymore. I want nothing to do with


    of you, but if you insist on bothering me, then you get to meet the new Blythe.” Then I looked right at Everly. “And the new Blythe doesn’t give a flying fu.ck who likes her and who doesn’t. This is your only warning… I fight back now. Tread carefully.”


    any


    With that, I jumped down from the bar and grabbed Butter. Then I looked up at Karma, who was staring at me with no emotion. I couldn’t look at anyone else. I didn’t even want to look at him.


    “Take me to my room,” I demanded. “Or I’ll find somewhere to sleep outside.” <fn1115> Checktest chapters at find?novel</fn1115>