Page 321 of Boys Who Taint

“Did any of you do it?” she asks, and both Grey and Apollo shake their heads.

She leans up on her elbows and stares into the distance. “Then who did?”

“Maybe there is another killer on campus …” Levi says with wriggling brows, and my face turns white as snow. He grins, and it pisses me off so much I slap his thigh.

“Not funny!”

“Is anyone even watching Dylan’s fireworks?” Alistair asks, interrupting her chain of thought.

We gaze around at the others, and it looks like Ivy, Max, Silas, and Heath were also making out on the grass. Aspen chuckles. “Seems we’re not the only ones who can’t control ourselves.”

I grin against her neck as I press dirty little hickeys all over. “The filth runs in the family.”

“Haveyou heard from Sunny at all?” Mom asks as I grab my helmet after the night is over.

“No,” I reply.

She frowns. “Why wasn’t she here?”

“I don’t know.” I grab my coat and put it on.

“Wait, Sunny wasn’t here, was she?” Milo says. “She never bails on family functions.”

“When I get my hands on her, she is going to be in so much fucking trouble.” Mom’s hands ball into fists, and she growls out loud. “Finally, everyone is back together, and she just decides to jump ship.”

“Now, hold on, Lana,” Kai says. “We don’t know if she did this intentionally or not.”

“She’d better have good reasons,” Mom says, annoyed.

“I’ve been trying to call her all night to ask where she is, but she refuses to pick up her goddamn phone,” Nathan says as he approaches.

“Apollo, have you seen Sunny at all?” Mom asks as he approaches.

Apollo raises his brow. “No. Should I have?”

“Ivy?” Mom asks. “Have you heard from her?”

Ivy shakes her head. “No. Not since the whole ‘let’s kill Levi’ party.”

“Ouch,” I say, fake-stabbing myself with a knife.

“Anyone else know anything?” Mom asks around.

The rest of the group approaches, curious to hear what’s going on.

“I’ll call around. See if any of my girls from the sorority know,” Aspen says, and she pulls out her phone and walks off.

“Okay, now I’m getting worried,” Max says, clutching his phone.

“Relax. Sunny knows how to take care of herself,” I say.

“What if she’s in trouble?” Elliot asks.

“Sunny doesn’t get in trouble. Sunnyisthe trouble,” Apollo says jokingly, but no one’s laughing.

“Who are you all talking about?” Xavier asks.

“Sunny,” Mom, Nathan, and Milo say in sync, and it makes Xavier’s face turn white like he just saw a ghost.

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