Page 143 of Psycho

I turned around, my heart beating erratically in my chest, just as a car pulled up on the side of the road beside me.

Arms grabbed me from behind, and a large hand covered my mouth before I could even think to scream.

I struggled as the man behind me pushed me toward the waiting car, and the door opened for us. My eyes widened as I took in the familiar face before they connected with the driver.

Another familiar face.

What the fuck?

I kicked my legs out against the frame of the car’s door, trying to keep them from pushing me in, and hoping someone would see me.

Theboyin the backseat of the car pulled on my legs, and the one holding me was able to shove me inside the car.

He climbed in after me and closed the door behind him just as the car drove off.

The slam of the door felt so final. It was taking everything in me not to lose it right then and there.

I turned to the one who had shoved me in the car.

“What the fuck are you doing?” I asked.

My hands were pressed down on the seat cushion of the car, and I realized then I dropped my phone in my struggle.

How would Micah find me now?

Tears stung my eyes, but I held them in.

I would not cry in front of them.

I would not.

I felt my hair being pulled to the side, exposing my neck, and I pushed away.

“What does it look like I’m doing?” It wasn’t hard to hear the cruel teasing in his voice. “I’m teaching you a lesson.”

“And what lesson is that?”

His face darkened. “Not to mess with my family.”

“I didn’t mess with your family. Your dad cheated, and that’s why your family is the way it is.”

Josh sneered at me. “No, it’s because of your whore of a mom. She tempted my dad away, and now everything has turned to shit. And you’re just fucking like her. Wanna act all high and mighty. You should have fucking agreed to go out on that date with me.”

“You’re mad that I didn’t agree to go out on a date with you, and because your dad’s a bastard?”

He slapped me.

He looked more surprised by his own action than I was.

It didn’t look like Josh had any experience being violent.

This wasn’t the first time I was slapped, but it was the first time I was slapped by someone so… hesitant and unsure.

Next to me was Dylan Myerson, and in the driver’s seat was Ricky Brown.

They were all Josh’s best friends.

These were the boys that were gonna take me away from Micah?

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