Chosen Legacy (Book Five of the Chosen Universe)

Chapter Thirty

AUTHOR'S NOTE: First of all, Daisy and Poppy belong to Aura MacKenzie. Second... There's a lot of backstory in this chapter. It's included because as I've figured out a lot of the history of the Eltarians, I realized it's helpful for understanding the story and how everyone ended up at this point. I've also finally come to understand Zell's history and why he is the way he is, and I want you guys to understand him, too. It sort of puts a new spin on this story. I have lost all control over the direction of this story, LOL. It's basically just telling itself, and I'm just along for the ride. I'm really excited to see where things go next! With that said... Enjoy!

CHAPTER THIRTY
PATTI
Things had sort of started feeling normal again. Patti's parents had been excited when she introduced them to Bradley. She'd been mildly concerned that they would be hurt she'd let her biological father into her life, but they honestly just seemed to want to know more about him.

Her new big sister, Hannah, was a pretty awesome person. Hannah's wife, Roxy, was the coolest person Patti had ever met, and their daughter was pretty cool, too. With Roxy came her twin sister, Ronnie, and her bucket full of kids. Her husband Lee was the uncle of Tia and Brian's team leader, Ollie. Then, there was her cousin, Kaylen, and her husband, Austin, and their kids. Her cousin Claire wasn't in Angel Grove, but Patti had talked to her and her parents on the phone. That was a whole lot of family to adjust to after only ever having her parents, but Patti liked it. She felt like she was finally part of something bigger.

She was pulled out of her thoughts as she heard a lot of noise on campus. A large group was gathered on the Grand Lawn. They held up signs and chanted loudly.

"What do we want?" A girl with glasses demanded.

"Justice!" The crowd replied.

"When do we want it?"

"Now!"

"What do we want?"

"Expulsion!"

"When do we want it?"

"Now!"

"Ay-yo! Ay-yo!"

"No always means no!"

"No matter how his story went-"

"Drunk girls cannot give consent!"

"What do we want?"

"Justice!" The crowd replied.

"When do we want it?"

"Now!"

"What do we want?"

"Jail time!"

"When do we want it?"

"Now!"

It continued until a new chant began. The girl with the glasses sipped some water as a boy led the next part.

"Hey..." Patti said awkwardly.

"Hi!" The girl replied cheerfully. Her smile was surprising given how intense she'd seemed a minute before.

"I'm a student here... What's going on?" Patti asked.

"A student at this school named Larry Sokol raped a drunk girl in her dorm last month. He's rich and his daddy has the cops in his back pocket. You know how it is... Anyway, he got the charges dropped and the university is standing by the asshole. We're here to demand they expel him, get the case reopened, and that this prick does jail time. We came from all across the country to support this girl. I'm from Nevada, which isn't as impressively far away as some of the other states people have come from."