𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕖 - 𝕣𝕒𝕗𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟 - 𝕠𝕔- 𝕛𝕛 𝕞𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕒𝕟𝕜

t h r e e

I pulled up to the Cameron residence after some shopping and lunch with Melanie. I walk in and see Sarah coming down the stairs.

"Hey Sarah, what's up?" I smile. She comes over to me.

"Wheezie's upstairs throwing up. Kelce gave her alcohol at the beach clean up." She whispers in my ear.

"Are you serious? At the church thing?" I laugh.

"I know right." We both laughed together.

"Hey have you seen Rafe?" I ask.

"Yeah. He's outside talking to my dad. Let's go eavesdrop." She grabs my hand and pulls me behind the door as we listen to Rafe and Wards conversation.

"I gave you money for the back up generators. You said you would take care of it. Did you take care of it? Where are they?" Ward asks in a stressful tone.

"They're on back order." Rafe lied. I know he used the money to buy a new bike.

"Yeah of course they were." Ward says, taking a sip of his drink. "I'll tell you what, you know that pouge I just fired? Lily's brother? Way more reliable than you.

"Wait, he fired John b?" I whisper but Sarah shushes me and puts her hand over my mouth.

"Really?" Rafe asks in a sarcastic tone.

"Yeah really. You need to get it together Rafe, or you can go live on the cut." Rafe laughs at that.

"That's funny to you? You can go live on the damn cut Rafe. As far as i'm concerned. Now get out of here i'm sick of looking at you." Rafe gets up and Ward continues.

"Make yourself useful somewhere, somehow."

"Sarah's not working." Rafe retaliates.

"This isn't about Sarah, Rafe. You're almost 20. You don't just get to sit back and have everything handed to you. Take example from Lily. I don't pay for any of her stuff besides the house. She works for what she gets. How do you think people will look at you when you tell them 'Oh I don't work. I sit around the house all day while my wife brings in the money' that's not the life I expect you to live, Rafe"

"Yes sir." Rafe says sarcastically.

"It does not seem like you understand me."

"I'll take care of those generators, okay?" He is a terrible liar.

"I'll believe that when I see it." Ward says and Rafe walks into the house. He stops when he sees Sarah and I.

"Told you. Shouldn't have bought that motercycle with the generator money." Sarah says like she's entitled.

"Hm. Let's go Lily." He says grabbing my hand. We go outside to his bike and he hands me a helmet.

"Do we really have to take the bike? I like the truck better." I say to him.

"C'mon you've never ridden on it before. Give it a chance. I promise you're safe with me." I give in and hop on the bike. I wrap my arms around his torso and lay my head on his back. He takes off. Rafe drives it fast and recklessly which isn't much different than how he drives the truck. I get a bit nervous and squeeze him tighter. He puts his hand on my knee to let me know that he's got me. We swerve through the dirt road which scares me, but I know Rafe wouldn't let anything happen to me. We arrive at Barry's. Rafe's drug dealer. It's an old dusty Trailer in the middle of nowhere with old addicts around. I know Rafe does cocaine, but he's no addict. He just uses it for parties. We get off the bike and take our helmets off. Rafe holds my hand and leads me to the trailer.

"You know the drill. Just stay close and don't let go of my hand." He whispers to me. I look up and smile to reassure him. We start walking up the steps.