Detour by Jay Crownover

Author:Jay Crownover [Crownover, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jay Crownover
Published: 2019-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

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It took both me and Brynn to hold Lane back in the principal’s tiny office. The youngest Warner looked like he was ready to take the mayor’s head off, and if we let him go, there was a high probability of that happening. The mayor seemed unfazed in the face of the cowboy’s ire, mostly because he was cowering in front of the oldest Warner. There was simply something about Cyrus Warner that demanded immediate respect. While the mayor was still mouthy and defiant when he spoke, he was less blustery in the face of someone who naturally held the kind of authority he’d sought by being an elected official. The mayor wanted to use his title and position to get his own way. Cy didn’t need either of those things to command all the attention in the room. I’d never seen anything like it. Even when I used to have a badge to flash at people, I never got instant respect and admiration the way Cy did. It was impressive as hell.

The principal looked frazzled and on the verge of losing his breakfast. He was pale and sweaty, his nervous gaze darting between the two sullen teenage boys caught in the middle of the war being waged by the adults.

Cam was holding an ice pack to his mouth and had a wide bandage secured to his forehead. This time, the mayor’s kid was the one who looked like the victor. According to Cam, Dalton had been goading him, prodding him, and picking on him for weeks following their last dust-up. When Cam couldn’t take it any longer, he’d lashed out, only Dalton was waiting for the day Cam was pushed too far. It wasn’t just the mayor’s dirt-bag of a son waiting for Cam to lose his temper and attack. It’d been Dalton and four of his friends. When the fight broke out in the gymnasium, all hell broke loose. Cam was lucky he only had a split lip and gash on his head. Being ganged up on like that, beaten from every direction, could’ve led to something so much worse. I didn’t blame Lane for breathing fire and wanting the principal’s and the mayor’s heads on a pike.

“Again, Cam admits he’s the one who instigated the fight. We have multiple witnesses who corroborate the fact. School policy means he has to be expelled.” The principal wrung his hands together nervously when Cyrus switched his intent stare over to him as he spoke.

“What was done the multiple times Cameron complained to you about the ongoing harassment he was receiving from this young man and his friends? Did you file a report? Did you take any preventive actions? Or have you been complicit, forcing Cam to take his safety and well-being into his own hands?” Cy never raised his voice or postured to make himself look more intimidating. He simply asked the questions and watched every single move the principal made, judging.

“We followed all of the proper procedures when handling Cam’s complaints.

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