Defiant by Candace Wondrak

Author:Candace Wondrak [Wondrak, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen – Jaz

To say I didn’t focus much on anything else during my afternoon periods would be an understatement. I hardly heard a word any of my teachers said, my mind too focused on Dante and why the hell he was here.

I still didn’t get it, and I wasn’t sure I ever would.

He didn’t live around here, and there was no way he could afford to. I had no idea who he’d threatened to get enrolled at Midpark High, but I knew he didn’t belong here. That much was obvious to anyone who looked at him.

Okay, that was kind of stereotyping based on his looks, which we all knew by now was wrong, but still. The stereotypes of the rich were kind of true; no rich heir would ever shave the sides of their head and get a big, thick, black tattoo on their skull.

Vaughn…well, he was different. He might come from money, but it sounded like his family’s money was of a different sort. Like the Scotts got into the murky waters that was criminality—but I wouldn’t think about his family or his family’s business right now. I’d told Jacob to stop looking into them, and I meant it.

By the time the end of the day rolled around, I was lost in the sea of possibilities. Surely Dante wasn’t here for me. There had to be another reason. He wouldn’t do all of this for me—and if he would, I had no idea why.

I seriously didn’t know Dante. I never met him before last week, but the way he acted, as if we were long-lost friends, finally reuniting…it didn’t make sense. I honestly didn’t get it.

When the bell rang and everyone hurried out of eighth period, I gathered my stuff and headed to my locker. I didn’t ask Bobbi for a ride; I did tell her today that my mom’s car was in the shop, but I was more than okay with walking. Mom had loosened her reins on me a little, though not by much. She was okay with me walking, as long as I texted her when I made it to school. This morning she’d been in a real good mood, which I thought was odd, but as long as she was happy, I was happy.

Plus, knowing Ollie’s sons had left the picture a few years ago made me feel better.

The weather was inching toward spring, anyway. The wind was no longer bitterly cold. Still chilly, but not overly so. A hoodie was usually enough in temperatures like this.

My locker sat on the other side of the school, and since I didn’t have to rush to find my mom’s dingy van in the parking lot, I took my time. With my books close to my chest, I was so lost in my own head that I neglected to realize someone was heading straight for me, and by the time I realized it, it was too late.

A jock, a nameless face I recognized from the party. When

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