Pariahs

Part Eight- Giving Brad the News

Once Anna and her gang left we text Brad that we were gonna stop by in a little bit. We too ordered dessert because tonight we were gonna break the recorded for how much money we've received on a job. Brad had anger issues and was very irrational. We could f*ck with him and refuse to tell him and he would give us his whole college fund. I know that sounded mean but he kinda deserved it, if he was less ill tempered and didn't knock a girl up he could of avoided this whole situation.

The record stood at $500 each.

The night we made that record was amazing, a part of school history and a story that no Washington High School student would ever forget. But that story is for another time.

Brad was well of and lived on the outskirts of town so it took a while to get there noting we still only had bikes. My mom used to work for his family but she didn't like his parents and ended up quitting due to their constant disagreements. I'm glad she no longer works for them cause my mother doesn't quite agree with our little side job and running into her with the stakes this big wouldn't be such a good idea.

Grand Oaks. That was the name of the gated community that Brad lived in.

"Ok fam, we're looking for 180 Hollins Way", Esmond said riding ahead of us.

We knew this community pretty well. Its where Brad, Anna, Stacy, Alistair, and plenty of other rich kids lived. We come here often for various jobs.

"There it is", Castor said pointing to an overly big, olive green house. Brad left the porch light on so we could find his house because it was about 10 at night. We sat our bikes on the curb so we wouldn't make any noise and text Brad that we were here cause he had told us not to knock.

Esmond instantly got a response and a few seconds later Brad opened the door and sat down on the curb with us.

Someone's eager to find this out. I hope he brought his wallet with him.

He sat next to Esmond shaking his hand and then waved and said hi to Castor and I. We returned the gesture. Brad rubbed his hands together than wiped the sweat on his pants. He shifted towards us.

"So?!", he asked nervously.

Castor and I decided to leave the haggling to the pro.

"So...how bad you wanna know?", Esmond said with a grin.

"Don't you even start you son of a b*tch"

"No need for language Brad, I just was asking"

"However much you want I just need to know!"

"Break the record Brad"

"What record?"

"You know. Last year. Connie's party..."

"That was you?! You did THAT?!"

"Yup"

"All I knew was that John payed some group of ragtag freshman $1500 to pull that stunt! And all along it was you!"

"Mhm. I wanna break that record Brad"

"No way! There's no way in hell ur gonna make me pay that much!"

"Than I guess we'll just take the fifty dollars and be on our way", Esmond said standing up.

"1000!!!", Brad shouted as he stood up and grabbed Esmond's shoulder.

Esmond sat back down and Brad followed, a little more calm now.

"Well Anna's not planning on telling you but there is a 1 in 1 billion chance that she's gonna take you out on Friday and tell you"

"I can't wait that long it's killing me!"

Impatient much?

"Well you're gonna have to unless we get that price up"

"Fine I'll meet it at $1500", Brad said and looked at the ground; his head in his palms.

"Ok then... let's just say... your forcefield broke"

"..."

Silence

"How was she not going to tell me?! I mean she's having a baby!! How would I not find out about this?!!"

"I'm really sorry but I was really looking forward to breaking that record tonight..."

Brad stood up and punched Es in the face.

"I swear to God you little f*ck!! You better tell me right now before I kick your ass!!"

Esmond brought his hand to his nose and it was soon covered in blood. Castor and I stood up but Esmond just motion for us to sit back down.

"Give me the $1500 Brad and we'll be on our way. There's nothing more to say"

You could tell Brad felt guilty cause he silently pulled out his wallet and flipped through the bills. He finally pulled out 15 100 dollar bills and handed them to Esmond.

Damn...

Esmond just took the bills and picked up his bike. We followed and just as we started to leave Brad called after us.

"Wait!"

We stopped. Brad handed Es another set of bills. He gave us another $500. We did it. We broke the record.

"Now tell me... please"

I spoke up.

"I'm so sorry Brad. I don't know how to say this but. Well... Sadly she's planning on aborting the baby..."

No response.

I walked over to him and patted him on the back. He just hugged me and I just hugged him back. We stood there for a second and I rubbed his back while he lay his head on my shoulder. I felt bad now. He finally let go and looked at the ground.

"Thank you"

And that's all that was spoken. We watched Brad go inside and then mounted our bikes. We were ready to go home.

My shoulder was wet...