Outsider_Upper East Side by Trinity Towers

Author:Trinity Towers [Towers, Trinity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Soft & Hard Romantic Publishing
Published: 2019-10-07T23:00:00+00:00

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By the time Jaxson walked me to the door I was riding cloud nine. I’d never felt this way before and even though we weren’t really a couple, I could live with feeling that way for now. It made me feel like things were going in the right direction despite that morning’s hiccup. It was close to 10pm, but what did it matter really; it wasn’t as though I had school in the morning.

Walking into the townhouse, I pulled my phone from my purse, where it had been sitting all day on silent mode. Turning it on I closed my eyes and cursed under my breath. I had ten text messages, eight calls and voicemail all unanswered—all from my mother.

“Mom!” I called out. She should be home by now. “Mom!”

My mother came barreling down the staircase as if she were being chased by hellhounds. Her face was contorted in rage and she was still in her waitress uniform. I’d seen her angry, but never this angry and never with me.

“Mom, I can explain.”

“Explain. You can explain.” She hadn’t even reached the floor before she started ranting. “My first day at work I get a call from your school. Suspended for fighting? What in the hell is wrong with you?”

“It wasn’t my fault. She started it.”

“Regardless of who started it, there is no excuse for punching a classmate. No excuse. I’ve always taught you to walk away. You come here and only at the school two days and you get suspended!”

“Please. Let me explain.”

She reached the landing and nodded. “Fine. Let’s go to the kitchen. I’m starving and this had better be a good story or it’ll be a grounding of a lifetime.”

Grounding? I’d never been grounded in my life.

“Okay mom.” Stuffing my phone in my purse, I followed my mother into the kitchen, head bowed like a chastised puppy.

“Take a seat while I make a sandwich. And this had better be good.”

“Well Mom, there’s this bitch at school. Her name is Trina and she’s jealous and angry that I’m dating Jaxson and so she tripped me in the cafeteria. Then she slapped me because I wouldn’t cower to her. She attacked me first to make a point. It really pissed me off so I retaliated. I was just sticking up for myself. That’s all. She was being really rude, Mom.” My rambling barely made sense to me, so I doubted it would make sense to her.

“I see.” My mother didn’t look as sympathetic as I’d expected.

“You don’t understand, Mom. Greisbach Academy is ruthless. If you don’t stand your ground then you’ll get eaten alive. Trina didn’t even get suspended—just me. It’s not fair.”

The anger slowly faded in my mother’s eyes, but disappointment remained. It killed me to know that she was disappointed in me. “I don’t care about Trina. She’s not my daughter—you are.”

“I’m sorry Mom.”

Done making herself a ham and cheese sandwich she walked over to the breakfast bar and sat down across from me. “And this fight was all over Jaxson I assume?”

I nodded.

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