the one where a sheltered kook girl joins a group of no-good pogues to try and figure out what her mother is hiding. they uncover a whole load of interconnected, twisted shit.
or ;
alex thornbury knew that her mother was hiding something. she just...
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"JOHN BOOKER ROUTLEDGE, pursuant to the North Carolina statute section 14, you are charged with murder in the first degree with aggravated circumstances. If convicted, the maximum settlement would be the death penalty."
If Alex made a nickel every time she forgot how to breathe, she'd be the first millionaire under 18.
She stared down at the courtroom floor, moving around a dust bunny with her toe, trying not to show her anger on her face.
None of this was fucking fair. Across the room, just a few benches over was Ward Cameron, sitting with Rose, a solemn, unreadable look on his face.
Bastard.
How could he just sit there, knowing that he should be up there? That he should be the one awaiting a sentence? When John B is just a kid, and he's a grown man who's taken it upon himself to ruin so many people's lives, all to cover his own ass.
The more than she thought about it, the angrier she got. She wasn't sure how much longer she could bite her tongue, but JJ beat her to it. He jumped up from his seat, his face flushed and furious. "Your Honor, he's 17!"
