F*ck Yeah: Knox Academy - Easter Break 2.5 by Jaye Pratt & Crystal North

Author:Jaye Pratt & Crystal North [Pratt, Jaye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: North River Publishing
Published: 2020-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Amelie: Okay, shoot. You may have won me over a little bit.

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Baxter: Seriously? How? What did I do?

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Amelie: Erm, that one and only stuff?!

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Baxter: Really? Does that shit work?

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Amelie: Goodbye Baxter Reginald Branson.

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Baxter: Lol! Not even close!

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Chapter Twelve

Baxter

I did need stitches. Twenty in fact. Ten on the back of my hand and another ten on the palm. The cut was small of course, even though she drove the knife right through with surprising strength, but my grandfather only employs the best, and so an expert surgeon was on standby to stitch me up. Pretty sure I could have done it myself, but this way the scarring will be minimal. Just like that cut to Kalen’s cheek. Damn boy is too pretty for his own good. I don’t mind a scar or two. I’ll happily wear them as badges of honour. Unlike Slate who prefers to keep his shame hidden.

I can’t help but wonder what state I’ll find Onyx in when I go back home. I had planned to wait out the rest of the break here on the island, but I find myself fired up and restless to get moving. I have so many questions I want to find the answers to now, a purpose I didn’t have before.

Raven’s words keep ringing in my ears too. About my lack of business experience. I’ve barely been trying in my studies. To begin with, I was keen to impress Daddy Knox, but once I understood that he was just using me, I stopped trying. So long as I was doing what he wanted, he would let my grades slide. But...I’m due to leave Knox in a few short months. And if I really want to stand on my own two feet away from The Order (assuming they let me live long enough to try) I’m going to need an actual degree to be able to do that. Not just a token slip of paper with a bachelors in business management scrawled on it by Monty. If it’s not too late, I want to try. I want to earn that right to take over the reins of my grandfather’s company.

Which is another reason to head home. I have exams after the break. Exams which I’d better start studying for. I’m not foolish enough to think I can turn around nearly four years of not giving a fuck in a matter of weeks, but if I put some sort of effort in, at least I won’t be ashamed or feel like a total fraud come graduation day.

I manage to intercept Grandfather on his own at breakfast.

“Can we talk?” I ask. He sighs and looks at me wearily.

“What is it, Baxter?”

“Where’s Cu-Cordelia?” I ask in the most civil tone I can manage. I don’t give a fuck, I just want to make sure that she isn’t going to interrupt us.

“She’s having breakfast with Charlotte. Raven. Damn it.”

“You know, that’s weird,” I point out.

“Having breakfast with your grandchild is not weird, Baxter.

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