Justice by Laramie Briscoe

Author:Laramie Briscoe [Briscoe, Laramie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laramie Briscoe Books
Published: 2019-10-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Justice

“OH MY GOD!”

Harley and I like to pride ourselves on not being super materialistic. We work for what we want. I clerk at the law office, Harley’s started learning how to do the books at the garage. But what both of us wanted more than anything were wheels.

Sitting in front of us is a motorcycle, and a compact car.

“Now I know this may not seem fair,” he looks over to Harley. “You’re going to have to make the motorcycle road-worthy. None of us were given bikes our first time, we all had to work on them with our dad’s, so that’s what you’re going to do. You’re going to learn to fix it. And you,” he points to me. “This is a manual. You’re going to have to learn how to drive it, and then we’ll be having a course on how to change your tire, car maintenance, and whatever else I can think of. You will both pay your car insurance, and you will put gas in it. You two cost me enough money as it is,” Drew coughs as Charity hits him in the stomach.

“Happy birthday girls,” she hands us the keys.

“Thank you so much, Mom,” I hug her tightly. “And Dad,” I hug him just as tightly.

“You’re welcome. Enjoy this freedom, Justice. There will be a GPS tracker on the car,” he points to Caelin. “We’ll know exactly where you are when you want us to, or when we need to know, so enjoy this. I know it’s not freedom in the normal sense, but I also know you, honey. You feel more secure when we’re keeping tabs on you.”

I’ve never had to explain to my dad how I feel being watched. It’s not anything sinister, but I feel safer knowing someone knows where I am. Most teenagers would hate that, but I’m not most teenagers.

“I love you, Dad.”

“Love you too.”

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Caelin, he’s motioning to me. “Mom,” I grab her because she’s closest. “Caelin wants to give me my present. Do you care if I go with him? Apparently it’s not here.”

“Be home by one-thirty,” she kisses me on the cheek.

“Normally it’s midnight,” I give her a funny look.

“It’s your birthday. You’re becoming an adult, and until you don’t give me a reason to, there’s no sense in me treating you like a child anymore.”

Her words give me the confidence I need to walk to him, my shoulders squared. I’ve been telling him I’m an adult for a long time. The fact that my mother is now seeing me as one, gives me hope that maybe Caelin sees me as one too.

“You ready?” He asks, grabbing my hand as I run toward him.

“Yeah,” I grin. “Are we going on your bike?”

To this day, his bike is the only one I’ve ridden on. My Dad, grandpa, uncle, they’ve never been able to get me on one, it always scared me too much. Caelin though, I know he’ll protect me. On his bike, I feel safe, like the world can’t get me.

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