Bad Reputation by Sunshine G. Bruno

Author:Sunshine G. Bruno [Bruno, Sunshine G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bruno & Brown Press
Published: 2018-06-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

It felt like the world had stopped.

“What?” I cried. I didn’t believe it. I couldn’t. I wouldn’t.

“Josh killed Adam. It’s over the news.”

Kyle tossed me his phone. “Just look up Adam’s name on Twitter. Everyone’s talking about it.”

I didn’t even need to look up Adam’s name. All anyone on Kyle’s timeline was talking about was Adam and Joshua.

Adam Lits was dead? But we had just seen him last night. How could someone I had just seen last night be dead? It didn’t seem real.

“Wait, where’s Joshua?” I asked.

“We don’t know,” Jordan said. “If he had a phone, we’d be able to call him.”

I shook my head. “He wouldn’t have taken it with him. He’s too smart for that.”

Joshua didn’t have a phone. He said it was too expensive. The only reason I had a phone was because I paid for it on my own with money from my business. Maybe I’d buy Joshua a phone when he came back.

Jordan asked, “You didn’t have anything to do with Adam’s death, did you?”

“What? Why would you think that?” I asked.

“Remember what you did last night?” Tyler asked. “You know, to Adam?”

“Yeah, when he was threatening my brother,” I pointed out.

No one said anything. Not even Tyler.

I stood up. “You guys think that I had something to do with Adam’s death?”

“We won’t tell anyone if you did,” Jordan said. “We’ll help you out, find you a place to hide until we can figure out what to do.”

I turned to Tyler. “Do you think I did it?”

“No! But you have to admit, with everything that happened last night, and…” He trailed off.

He didn’t have to finish that thought. I seemed guilty just because I was Joshua Scoppio’s sister. Because Joshua Scoppio got into trouble all the time. And people were waiting for me to show that Chrissy Scoppio was as big of a fuck up as he was.

“I didn’t kill Adam. I may have had a moment last night, but I didn’t kill him. The last time I saw him was with you guys. I didn’t even know Joshua left last night. When I woke up this morning, he was gone. I thought he would be here with you guys.”

“We believe you,” Caleb said. He looked at Cameron and Kyle, who both nodded.

Jordan didn’t say anything. I had the suspicion that he didn’t like Joshua too much, and I was sure he felt the same way about me.

“You believe me, don’t you, Jordan?”

He nodded. “Sure.”

I turned to Tyler. “Please tell me you believe me.”

Tyler nodded. “Of course I do.”

I didn’t say anything for a moment. No one seemed too sure. Tyler not believing me was what hurt me the most. He was supposed to back me up.

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