Chapter 24: Wake Up
Blythe’s P.O.V.
“Wait, you thought Blythe was a fu.cking jun.kie?” C.G.’s angry voice brought me back to their conversation.
Of course, he did. You guys always assume the worst of me.
“She looked tweaked out,” Karma replied tightly. “I wondered if maybe… and then Nikki said she saw her
taking pills.”
Somebody scoffed.
“Makes sense though,” Psycho chimed in. Great, he’s here too. “I mean, why else would she run away from her rich husband and daddy? Note to us? Hide in some sh.it-hole apartment in a sh.it-hole town?
Drugs ain’t exactly out there.”
“This is Blythe we’re talking about,” C.G. said, and my heart nearly fluttered.
“Yeah, well, we don’t know her as well as we thought we did,” Psycho bit out.
“Or maybe you fu.cking do,” Doc snapped. “Since she wasn’t on any fu.cking drugs.”
It went silent after that.
“Why is she in this uniform?” C.G. asked, and I felt his finger run down my arm.
“No idea,” Karma replied. “We can ask her when she wakes up.”
What a crock of sh.it.
“You have Dev take her cat some stuff?” Psycho asked.
“Had him go buy some sh.it,” Karma replied, sounding exhausted. “He should be back soon.”
At least he remembered that Butter existed.
“I can’t fu.cking believe that you let this happen,” C.G. said, his voice low with anger.
“I didn’t let anything fu.ckin’ happen!” Karma snapped. “I didn’t-”
“Bullsh.it!” C.G. shouted. “Fu.cking bullsh.it, Karma! This is all your fault and you fu.cking know it!”
“What did you want me to do Guru!?” Karma shouted back. “Leave her in Nebraska?!”
“No!” C.G. eximed, getting louder. “You should have treated her like a fu.cking person!”
“She deserves to be punished!” Karma yelled.
Oh, for fu.cking what?!
“So bend her over your fu.cking knee and spank her sweet a.ss!” C.G. yelled back, surprising me and
fu.cking her brains out! Then make her our ol’dy so that she never wants to leave! That’s-”
“That didn’t fucking work the first time, did it?!” Karma cut him off.
I was surprised that he didn’t say more. I thought he would have argued about screwing me, or making me an ol’dy, or the fact that C.G. made it sound like I was going to belong to all of them in some way. And I have no idea what Karma even means about the first time.
“Maybe,” C.G. said in a much calmer voice. “Maybe we should self-reflect on why she would rather live in a sh.it-hole apartment in a sh.it-hole town, thene back to us. Instead of ying with her like this.”
“She has no fu.cking reason,” Psycho snapped.
“You… shut the fu.ck up before I bring up what we talked about at the shop,” C.G. threatened him.
Must have worked, because Psycho didn’t say anything else.
“I think you should start by figuring out what happened to her,” Doc said, reminding us all that he was still
in the room.
That’s not embarrassing at all. Ya know, them talking about fu.cking me to death in front of a man I saw as
an uncle growing up.
“I’m going to look into her husband and father more,” C.G. said. “Right after I figure out what happened
today.”
“How you gonna do that?” Psycho asked.
“I had him install cams all over the clubhouse when I became prez,” Karma said. “With audio. Random ces. Only he and I knew about them. Now, only the four of us.”
Correction, the five of us.
“What you gonna do if you find something surprising on that recording, Prez?” Doc asked.
“Surprising?” Psycho replied.
“Yeah,” Doc said. “Like that you were lied to and now look like a total fool.”
“I’ll apologize to her,” Karma mumbled.
I almost scoffed out loud. Like a simple apology is going to make a damn difference. He can shove his apology right up his ass.
“Yeah, well, I’m not leaving to check anything until she wakes up,” C.G. said.
“Well, then, wake up darlin’!” Doc shouted. “I know you’re awake, and I want these fu.ckers out of my
space.”
I groaned as I opened my eyes.
“Coulda made them leave and let me stay asleep,” I grumbled.
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“Yeah, because they would leave,” Doc replied with augh.
“Wait, you were awake that whole time?” Psycho spat at me. “How much did you fu.cking hear, you little
snake?”
I rolled my eyes at him as I tried to sit up. My body feels weak and it must have showed. C.G. reached out to try to help me, but I pped his hands away, frowning at the three of them.
“I was hoping you would leave so I could wake up in peace,” I said, ring at Psycho.
“We have some questions for you,” Karma said before Psycho could reply to me. “You know we’re going to look at the cameras, so, tell us what happened.”
I sighed, annoyed by all of this.
“Well, I was cleaning the floors when those four came in. Everly started talking sh.it to me. When I ignored
her, she stepped on my hand,” I said, waiting to see if they’d stop me. They didn’t. “Then she said some
stuff that made me mad. So, I talked a little sh.it back to her and Alex, just because she happened to be in
the vicinity, and I was angry. Then Alex pped me. Twice.”
“Alex fu.cking hit you?” C.G. pushed out through clenched teeth.
“Yeah, fu.cking right,” Psycho said. “Alex might be ska.nky and mouthy, but she’s no fighter. She’s all talk.”
“Tell that to my split lip,” I grumbled. “Though, it makes sense as to why she hits like a bit.ch.”
Doc snorted at that, making me smile a little.
“And why the hell haven’t you been eating?” Karma asked.
“And why were you cleaning?” C.G. added.
“And why the fu.ck are you wearing this ugly thing?” Psycho chimed in, tugging on the sleeve of my top.
I looked between all of them, pi.ssed off.
“I’ve been trying to eat, but because of your stupid rules, it’s impossible,” I spat at Karma.
“My rule-”
“I was cleaning because you said I had to earn my keep, despite the fact that I don’t want to be here,” I
continued, ignoring him. “I thought maybe, just maybe, if I cleaned your filthy clubhouse you’d give me my bag so that I could take a proper shower and change my clothes and brush my hair. You arrogant fu.cking jacka.ss! And I’m in this ugly thing because I don’t have anything else to wear! I’ve had to wash everything that I’m wearing with dish-soap I stole from the kitchen because nobody will talk to me! I don’t even know where the washer and dryer are at here! This is all your fu.cking fault! I just wanted my bag! And what kind of monster lets a poor, innocent kitty suffer all because you hate me that much!”
All four of them were staring at me by the time I was done. Tears were brimming my eyes, and I was breathing hard. Before any of them could respond, the door swung open and in walked Havoc.
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I rolled my eyes as he red at me, marching right up to me.
“You put your fu.cking hands on my sister?!” He screamed at me.
“I wish!” I screamed back, throwing my hands up.
“You wish?” Havoc spat, looking at me like I was disgusting. “You ever put your hands on my sister, and I’ll make sure the club girls pay you back nicely!”
“Havoc,” C.G. growled.
“Oh, you better get them ready then,” I replied, not backing down one bit. “Because the next time your sister gets in my face, I’ll do more than just p her.”
I discovered over the years that I’m more of a fighter than I ever thought. Everly and Alex are a different kind of mean from the girls at Silent Divine. Those girls were… broken. They hated us “special ones”. I often got cornered and beaten up. Nobody ever gave a sh.it as long as they spared my face. I learned to fight back because that was the only way to make them stop.
So, Everly can bring it on. Her brother’s threats don’t scare me. I’ve been hit by men too. I can take it.
“That a threat?” Havoc asked, getting in my face.
I leaned forward, narrowing my eyes at him.
“That’s a fu.cking promise,” I stated.
“Okay, okay,” Karma said, moving toe between us. He looked from Havoc to me. “What are you talking about anyway? I asked a prospect to bring you your bag. I asked a club girl to take you sh.it and ask if you needed anything.”
I scoffed.
“And?” I replied, crossing my arms.
“So what the fu.ck happened?” Karma asked. “Why don’t you have your stuff?”
I gave him an incredulous look.
“Do you think that I hid my own stuff? For what? Attention?” I asked him.
Karma shrugged and all I could do wasugh.
“I’m sitting in Doc’s room because I passed out fromck of food and water. I have a split lip from being smacked around. Nobody has so much as uttered a word to me in days… And you think I want attention? What am I? A child? I couldn’t give a fuck less about your attention! You selfish a.sshole! If I was so desperate for attention, then I would dress like Alex does! Or walk around crying with my little sob stories like Everly does! Or hell, get butt-fu.cking-naked and run around the whole damn ce like the club girls do! That would get me some fu.cking attention!”
“Watch your damn mouth,” Karma snapped at me.
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Iughed.
“Or what?” I challenged. Karma stiffened. “You gonna take my clothes away? My eating privileges? Lock me in my room? Have the club girls beat me up because you’re too much of a coward to hit me yourself?”
Karma’s jaw ticked.
“How fu.cking dare you talk about my sister like that, or Alex,” Havoc said, shaking his head in disgust.
I looked away from him, trying not to give a sh.it. Trying. Trying so hard.
“You aren’t the same,” he added.
Now I did look at him, holding his eyes so he knew how deep these next few words were.
“Thank god for that,” I stated.
“Alright, I think that’s enough,” Doc told them. “Bly needs rest and food.”
“I’ll go get you something,” C.G. said.
I shook my head. “I don’t want anything from any of you.”
“I’ll take care of her,” Doc promised as he shoved them all out of the room. He closed the door and locked <fn8d98> Discover more novels at find?novel</fn8d98><ol><li> Then he came to sit on my bed, and I finally broke down. Doc pulled me into his arms and I sobbed like </li></ol>
a damn baby on his shoulder. “Shh, shhh, it’s alright,” he said soothingly as he rubbed my back. “I got you, little girl. I got you.”
“I fu.cking hate them,” I blubbered.
“I know,” he mumbled. “I know.”
And I truly wish I meant that.