When Cami moves in with the 2 most popular guys in school in a new foster home placement, she realizes that her tragic past just might make it so that she will stay lonely forever.
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Cami has...
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"So you hit him because he said something offensive to your brother, and then you just didn't stop because...?"
On some accounts, having the dean of your school as your father was something some kids would take advantage of.
Not me.
I took it as a challenge to prove to others that my accomplishments were my own, and I intended to make sure that I earned that Valedictorian award all by myself with no kickbacks or preferential treatment.
"Because I was still pissed."
"I see. And why was he having a confrontation with Grey in front of the entire class in the first place?"
My dad paced from one side of his spacious office to the other, and I was grateful that this was the first time I'd ever been sent here.
It was fucking intimidating.
"I don't know, I guess he was making some girl...Cami...he was making her uncomfortable in front of everyone. He wouldn't leave her alone, so Grey tried to make him stop, but it only pissed Colton off even more. Look, if anyone's in the wrong here, it's that asshole—"
"Language, son. And it's my job to hear every side of the story—including you instructor's side—to make sure that everyone's telling the truth and figure out what really happened. You said he was bothering Cami—is that the same Camille that's staying with us? Camille Astor? She wasn't mentioned in any of the other reports made by the students or even by Colton. She seems to have disappeared along with your brother. Know anything about that?"
"No."
And the bitter resentment in my voice was the indicator that I wasn't emotionless about the topic, either.
It was like the universe thought this was some big cosmic joke.
I wanted her, my ex-friend had her, and now my brother got to keep her. Just like with what happened in the past, Grey always gets handed things the easy way because of what happened to him. Because he's 'damaged'.
I wish they all knew what damaged really looked like.
Maybe then they wouldn't think that I was the good kid anymore, the golden child like my friends used to joke.
I wasn't the fuck up or the suicidal kid. I was just normal, hard-working and kept my head down and did what I was supposed to do—until now.
Until I saw red after what Colton had said.
I had started to rise from my seat the moment Grey had when I noticed Colton making Cami uncomfortable. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could tell how much she didn't like that guy, although the history there was still confusing as he'd made it seem like he had been the one to dump her when she wanted to stay together, but it didn't make him practically harassing her any better.
