Hard Return by J. Carson Black

Author:J. Carson Black [Black, J. Carson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 9781477825136
Amazon: B00JEOZDYQ
Barnesnoble: B00JEOZDYQ
Goodreads: 21995034
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2014-09-09T05:00:00+00:00

They left not too long after that. They drove up onto the hill by the park and looked down and saw the ambulance and police cars on the street looking at the car belonging to the man who’d tried to kidnap Willow.

Jolie said, “Juggalos aren’t so bad after all.”

“Those Juggalos,” Landry said.

“Just kids, trying to make it through a hard time.”

Landry said nothing.

“I was bullied when I was a kid.”

“You were?” That surprised him. If anyone he knew was strong and knew herself, it was Jolie. “What did you do?”

“First, I avoided them. It was easy to do back then, before social media. I just faked an illness and stayed home from school.”

“Sneaky.”

“Survival. I stayed out a whole semester. These days they can get to you through Facebook or other social media and make your life a living hell.”

“You said that first you avoided them.”

“Yeah. I went back to school—I had to at some point. But by then I made a decision.”

“And what was that?”

“I decided to pick the biggest, meanest torturer in the school, the one who made my life a living hell, and first day of the new semester, I walked up to her and punched her in the stomach.”

“Really.”

“Yeah. You should have seen the look on her face. Charlene Morrisey. She sat down on the ground and cried like a baby. I got detention, but it was the best thing I ever did.”

Landry nodded. “Always take the early advantage.”

“Hit ’em swift and hard. Were you bullied as a kid?” Jolie asked.

“No.”

They lapsed into silence.

As they passed the exit for Santa Anita, Landry’s eyes strayed in that direction.

Jolie said, “Do you still think the shooter came to the school because of Devin?”

“No.”

“Me neither.” She stared straight ahead at the police cars. “So who does that leave?”

Landry said, “It leaves me.”

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