Ruse: Malibu Cove Chronicles #1 by Bellamy Roswell & Cece Perez

Author:Bellamy Roswell & Cece Perez [Roswell, Bellamy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bellamy Roswell and Cece Perez
Published: 2022-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Fifteen

PHOENIX

I needed to get out of there.

It took me only five minutes to rush out of the place, watching chaos unfold before me as fights broke out all along Tate’s property. It’s not like my brother and his friends to fight, but the fact Brooklyn stood up for me like that, warms my heart. Especially since the two of us have been on the outs since everything that went down between our parents.

Ten minutes later, I was wandering aimlessly onto the beach all alone at two o’clock in the morning, which is probably the worst mistake I had made since agreeing to come to Tate’s party. Second to starting a brawl and fleeing as fast as I could.

As I rushed out toward the beach earlier, I heard Dee and Darcy calling out my name, but their cries were lost in the sea of squeals from the rampant, drunken teens fleeing to safety.

I drank more than I usually do, thanks to Donovan and the twelve pack of Topo Chico Seltzers we drank and am nearly tripping over myself as my bare feet curve into the grainy sand to keep me balanced. I tried to have fun, genuinely I did. Being around Olly, and Dee has been my only safe-haven, even Darcy’s company has kept me from losing my mind, but being back around the guys today, my brother, Fitz, Cole, and Ryan, I almost felt normal. That is until she came over with him.

Tatum and Chad were the sole reason for my excessive drinking tonight. The two of them, combined with the anxiety of being around my classmates and listening to them blatantly talk shit about my weak-minded mother, made me furious. I wasn’t about to prove to them that crazy runs in the family.

And after the bomb they just dropped on me and everything that came after, I needed some fresh air.

I slipped off my sandals, basking in the feeling of the cool sand between my toes. I’ve been out here for twenty minutes, my phone vibrating incessantly in my hand, but I don’t want to talk to anyone right now. I can’t face them until I’m sober and my walls of confidence are back in place. Not after what everyone just found out.

I know they’re all asking themselves the same two questions. Was it the first time? If not, how long had it been going on?

Tiptoeing along the edge of the water and up the pier, I’m suddenly startled by deep grunting and loud moaning sounds coming from the darkness. What the fuck? I thought I was alone out here. I saw a few people rushing out here, but they’ve been gone for some time. And I know for a fact mountain lions are not common in these areas.

I chuckle out loud to myself, “Really Phoenix, mountain lions?”

Walking over toward the noise coming from underneath the pier, yeah, I realize that is the typical “this is how you get killed in a horror movie” stunt, I come across a man and a woman making out against the railing.

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