Page 178 of Rebellious

Unable to bring himself to do so, he said, “I would like to visit Molly when you all go to LA,” and allowed the words to hang in the air.

It took a moment of narrow-eyed contemplation on Outlaw’s part before those green eyes widened, darker than Bash’s but just as intense. “You fucked Molly?”

“Not willingly,” Easton said defensively, then decided he sounded like a lying jackass. “Even if I got an erection and performed.”

“First explain what the fuck you mean by not willin’ly.”

“If I didn’t have sex with her, Bash was going to kill her. Each time I said no, he shot her.”

“That motherfuckin’ fuckhead.”

“I didn’t tell you that for you to confront him.”

“What the fuck you expect my fuckin’ ass to do? That motherfucker assaulted you to assault her. Him coercin’ you by shootin’ her—”

“My cock got hard—”

“Which don’t mean a motherfuckin’ thing except fuckin’ biology takin’ over. You should be happy your cock worked. Otherwise, you wouldna brought Molly back. She would be fuckin’ dead. Bash shot you, too?”

Easton shook his head. “Cleaner.”

Outlaw bared his teeth, and Easton knew he needed to get the situation under control.

“I’m asking you not to say anything.”

“I ain’t sayin’ a motherfuckin’ thing, Easton. Ima just shoot the fuck out of both those motherfuckers.”

“And risk everything, including your wife. Your son. This school is wide fucking open. There are no scanners. No security checks. Nothing. It isn’t enough to vet the students you allow in. You need to have more safety measures in place.”

“Fuck, I asked Marvey…never mind. Motherfucker was probably listenin’ to Johnnie.”

“Doesn’t Johnnie’s kids attend Ridge Moore?”

“As if that motherfucker give a fuck. He’d sacrifice them to hurt me.”

“You or Meggie?” Easton asked.

“I see you fuckin’ know about her and that motherfucker.”

“Bash thought it was a joke.”

“Bash is a motherfucker, and don’t think I don’t fuckin’ know you guided the conversation in another direction.”

“I swear if I thought he was a risk, I’d tell you. Yes, he can be a sadistic motherfucker, but he is trying to change. He is so fucking happy to be aligned with you.”

Outlaw swept him with an inscrutable look. “Let’s get back to my boy.”

“Okay,” Easton said, noting Outlaw hadn’t answered him about anything, the school’s safety, visiting Molly or leaving Bash alone. “One thing about Ember LeBan. She’s around teenaged boys. Did she only hit on CJ? Or is this a pattern? Will she sleep with someone younger than CJ? Are girls at risk, too?”

“Fuck, I ain’t thought about that. I’ll fuckin’ kill her so she don’t prey—”

“What? No! I don’t want her dead—”

“If she a motherfuckin’ predator, why you want her to live? I know she fucked Diesel. I didn’t think about whether she wanted lil’ kids, especially girls. I just thought she saw CJ, found the lil’ motherfucker handsome, and wanted to fuck him.”

“And you’re okay with that?” Easton asked carefully.

He shrugged. “Ain’t nothin’ more than what happened to me when I was fifteen. But if I have to kill that cunt, ain’t no skin off my fuckin’ teeth. Megan…” He thought for a minute. “Fuck, she’d probably fuckin’ clap at the news. She kinda bloodthirsty lately.”