The Sinner

03

"So I found John B on my boat this morning," I hear Sarah say. I tilt my sunglasses down my nose as I look at my best friend.

"What?" I ask, slowly sitting up. We were on her boat, have been since this morning. There's not much to do around here when the power's out.

"Yeah, he had our scuba tanks," She explains as she pops some pretzels into her mouth. "Our talk was weird, but I was also half asleep."

"Doesn't he work for your dad?" I ask, motioning for her to give me some. She nods. "Why else would he have them?"

"No idea," She says. "He made some dumb remark about getting a new boyfriend though."

I roll my eyes, "You know he's had the biggest crush on you since we were kids, right?" I say with a chuckle. I watch her roll her eyes this time. "It's cute actually."

"Shut up Cory," She says but a smile pops out. "Imagine us together, my dad and brother would flip." I smile as I look out at the water.

"How did he look?" I ask, and she looks back at me with a confused look. "Did he have any bruises, I mean."

"Yeah, there was one by his eye that was pretty dark." I watch her upper lip curl, as if she was picturing it in her head. "I didn't know Topper could throw punches like that." We both smile.

"You find that hot or something?" I ask with a chuckle.

"Not particularly," Sarah says with a smile. I raise my eyebrows.

"I do," I say. She gives me a weird look.

"You find my boyfriend hot because he can throw punches?" I scrunch my eyes shut and slowly shake my head.

"Jesus Christ, Sarah. No!" I say as she starts laughing. "Just boys in general. If they can fight."

"I guess."

"They were fighting over you," I say with a laugh. "You must have them both whipped."

"Topper yes, well sort of. But John B?" She shakes her head. "I think that was the first time we've spoken in years."

"He's gotten cute," I mock and she gives me an eye roll.

"Better than he used to look that's for sure."

I look out from the boat to see that Topper, Rafe, and Kelce had just gotten home from somewhere.

"Where were they?"

"You can't tell by their douchey outfits?" Sarah teases. I smile as we both look out towards the backyard. "They went golfing."

Of course they were golfing. Isn't that what every rich teenage boy does. I could see Topper wave at us to come down.

"Are you hungry?" I ask, feeling my stomach grumble. She nods as we both stand up from the back deck of the boat.

I tie my hair back into a messy bun as we approach the yard. There were workers everywhere, mostly clearing out whatever Agatha did to their yard.

"Didn't you see her post on Instagram?" I hear Rafe say to Kelce just as he tucks his phone in his pocket. "Her tits looked huge, you gotta tap that at the party man."

God I hate men.

Rafe would make the worst boyfriend. All he ever does is talk about other girls and their boobs or asses. I roll my eyes as I put my sunglasses on top of my head.

"That's disgusting," I hear Sarah say as we get onto the grass. Glad she heard that too. "To hear my brother talk about someone like that."

"Your brother's a pig," I tell her.