𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐒𝐓

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MARISOL AND LIAM Stood up as they saw Richie and Sam walk through the doors.

Sam took off her backpack, squatting near Tara "How are you feeling?"

Marisol was gonna give a snarky remark, but Liam covered her mouth.

"You came." Tara smiled at Sam, looking over to her.

"Of course I did. This is my boyfriend, Richie." Sam introduced, moving out of the way so Richie can be eye level with Tara.

Liam stood up straight seeing his older brother. Richie looked over to him then back to Tara.

"It's so nice to meet you. I'm sorry for intruding." Richie apologized, going over to Tara.

"Nice to meet you, too." Tara waved at Richie, with a slight smile.

Sam hugged Mindy, Sapphire, Chad, Marisol, Liam, and finally Wes.

"Look at your hair! I like it." Sam smiled at Wes, petting his hair.

"These are Chad and Mindy, the twins. Their younger sister, Mari. She's adopted. Sapphire. Dewey's adopted daughter. Liam and Wes. I used to babysit them all." Sam introduced to Richie.

"Which is always how we liked to be introduced." Wes, Sapphire, and Marisol teased with a smile.

Amber chuckled, looking over to Wes. Here we go.

"And Amber. Hey." Sam looked over to Amber, awkwardly.

Marisol sighed with an eye roll "Awkward..."

Liam pinched the bridge of his nose. Scarlet and Ethan walked through the doors. Sam immediately hugged Scarlet, holding onto her.

"I know, Sammy. I know." Scarlet frowned, rubbing Sam's back.

"Where's mom?" Sam questioned Tara, looking over to her sister still holding onto Scarlet.

"She's stuck in a conference in London. She called me earlier." Tara chuckled softly, looking at Scarlet and Tara.

"Yeah, for all of ten minutes. Uh, Look, guys, Tara's really tired, maybe we should give her some space." Amber told the group.

Everyone agreed, starting to leave.

"Not you, Sam. I want you to stay." Tara told Sam.

The others left the room. Off to the bar they went.

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"SO, WHAT IS She like, the sister?" Liv asked, looking around to everyone.

"Sam? Oh, Sam is so cool. Scarlet is cool, too." Chad responded, smiling.

"Yeah, you only say that, because they let you wear Pokemon Onesies to bed for a year." Mindy commented.

"That's true. That's a true statement." Chad stated, pointing to his twin.

Scarlet smiled a bit, looking over to Chad "Thank you."

Chad smiled back, with a nod "You're welcome."

Amber leaned closer to Chad, scrunching her eyebrows "No, trust me, Sam is not cool. Her dad left her mom, right? Walks right out when Tara's 8, Sam's 13. Sam started acting out, getting in trouble with the cops. And then, on Sam's 18th birthday, she leaves. Ghosts them all. Maybe Sam's changed, I just don't want to see Tara hurt again."

"So what, you're protecting Tara from her own sister now?" Wes and Liam interrogated Amber.

"Well, someone has to." Amber responded, looking over to Wes.

"Okay, so no guys are good enough for her and now her family's off-limits, too?" Wes asked, wrapping his arm around Sapphire.

"Mm, motive. 'If I can't have her, no one can.'" Mindy and Marisol spoke in unison with a grin.

"What?" Wes asked, confused.

"We all know you have a crush on Tara. Or at least did till you started dating Sapphire. Sheriff's son dating the former Sheriff's daughter." Liam taunted, sipping his drink.

"Dude." Ethan hissed, gritting his teeth at Liam.

"But, we're all suspects. Except maybe Liv." Mindy shrugged, looking over to Liv.

"Thank you." Liv replied, sweetly looking at Mindy.

"Give it a second, McKenzie." Marisol warned Liv, knowing what her sister was up to.

"You're way too boring to be a psycho." Mindy stated, shrugging.

"Yo, Liv, Scar. You want a real drink? Or are you two happy sitting at this kid's table?" Vince asked, rubbing his hands together.

Marisol was about to attack Vince, but Liam held her back. Chad got held back by Ethan as Scarlet walked over to her ex-boyfriend.

"Is that a yes, princess?" Vince flirted with Scarlet, tilting his head at her.

Scarlet clenched her fist then swung at Vince, watching him fall to the ground.

"What the hell, Kincaid?" Vince touched his lip, looking up at Scarlet.

"Hey, get out of here or I'm calling the cops!" The bartender warned the group.

"Go!" Scarlet and Chad pointed out the bar.

"I'll see you soon, sweetheart." Vince winked at Scarlet, before exiting the bar.

"You kids, too. Let's go!" The bar tender told the group.

The group left the bar. Marisol stopped Liam at his car. Liam was confused. Was she okay?

"I'll come by later." Marisol told Liam, pecking his lips.

Liam pecked back, handing her the backpack "Don't forget this."

Marisol nodded, walking off back to the bar. Vince Schneider, you were in for a world of pain.