Pride (The Eyas Book 2) by Leslie Solomon

Author:Leslie Solomon [Solomon, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-07-08T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter twenty

Harley

I walk out of class when I check for texts and I see I have one waiting from Ricky and another from Julia.

Ricky: Cody’s been lying to everyone. He and Addy never went out. He beat up one of her...friends. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what this means for us. I love you, but Addy is my sister.

Julia: OMFG Cody and Kevin beat THE SHIT out of each other because of Addy! You should’ve seen it! TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My jaw drops. I look around and find a quiet spot at the side of the building as I call Julia first since it seems like she has more info on what went on.

“You should’ve seen it, Harley! The fists, the muscles—”

“Julia! What exactly happened?” My heart is racing.

“Cody was giving Kevin shit and was hitting on Addy hard. Kevin got jealous and they said things... then Kevin let it slip that he slept with Addy. Addy got mad at him and left. THEN THEY FOUGHT!”

I gasp. “Wait, how bad?” I know Cody has gotten into fights before, and most of the time the guy on the other side of Cody's fists don't look the same afterwards.

“They were both pretty bruised up. Cody left with a few bruises, not as bad as Kevin though. I told Kevin that Addy is into him and not Cody, but he should probably clean himself up before he talked to her. They obviously need to talk—”

“Hey, I’ll call you back, I need to tell Ricky.”

“Oh yeah, of course, talk to you later.”

I call Ricky and let him know what I know.

“What am I supposed to do?” Ricky's voice cracks.

“Ricky, I honestly don’t want to lose you or Addy.” I feel like throwing up. I finally get a boyfriend and a friend, then my brother fucking ruins it.

"I thought they were going out already." He sighs heavily on the phone.

"I kinda did too." Why would Cody lie to me?

"He even had pictures of her. How did he get pictures?" I can almost see Ricky dragging a hand through his face as his words get muffled.

"I don't know." It's something I'm dying to ask my brother myself.

"Harley? Did I do a bad thing? Did I set my sister up for failure? Oh my god, if this goes horribly wrong, Addy is never going to go out again—"

"Ricky!" I bark before he goes off. "You did it out of love. You were worried for her. I think Addy is going to be ok." I bite my lip knowing her classmate is way into her, she still has a chance at love even if it's not with my brother. "Let me see what I can get out of Cody, ok?"

I wait on the couch during the day for my brother. After his evening practice, he finally decides to show up.

“Hey Har, what’s up?” He walks past the living room and throws his backpack into his bedroom.

“Why’d you have to beat up that guy?”

He stops moving and looks at me.

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