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“Dude. What are you doing?” Josh asked in a low voice as I wrapped my arms around myself, suddenly cold.

“What’s it to you, boy? Hey, pretty lady. Come sit with me,” he rasped, rubbing his crotch crudely.

I stepped back, repulsed, as Josh stood in front of me protectively.

My phone vibrated in my pocket, and I saw on the caller ID it was Cal.

“Cal, I need to call you back. There’s a random guy here and we don’t know who he is,” I bit my lip as I whispered into the phone.

“What the fuck?” he demanded. “Definewe?”

I heard the fear in his voice and I quickly told him Josh was with me.

“Pretty much on your own, then. Can you go inside? I am on my way, I am almost there,” his voice dripped with sarcasm.

My heart swelled with love for him, the fact he was driving to me anyway made me feel weak with adoration.

“Not really. He’s, like, in front of the door.”

Cal growled as he cursed. “I will be there as soon as I can,” he ended the call, and I noticed Josh was now arguing with the guy, about Nancy.

“Red lips, dark hair, superb dancer. She’s hot asfuckin the sack. Think I wore her out though, so you may need to wait awhile if you want some,” he winked at Josh.

“What thefuck? You slept with Nancy?”

The man frowned then, squaring his shoulders as he glared at Josh. “Nancy, that’s her. Saucy little bitch. We didn’t sleep. Did everything else, though. What’s it to you? Is she your little sister or something?” he shifted his gaze to me, leering as he spoke. “Areyouher little sister? I’ve got more ammo in the bank if you want to play, baby.”

I saw headlights in the distance, becoming brighter as they sped up the road, screeching to a stop outside of our house.

Cal stepped out, surprising me in a suit, his beautiful face flawed with anger. He glanced at me, assessing that I was okay before storming over to the two men.

“You. Whoever the fuck you are, leavenow,” he hissed, his voice laced with venom as the man shrunk back slightly, taking in the crazed look in Cal’s eyes as his eyes fell to his waist.

“Fuck, she has some crazy ass family,” he stammered, suddenly sober.

He pushed past Josh before making his way down the street without looking back. I felt the familiar anxiety in my stomach as I knew Cal was about to lose his mind.

“Where is she?” he snarled angrily at Josh, who held his hands up.

“I don’t fuckingknow. I went for a jog.I’d been gone about an hour, max,” he stared down at the floor as I put my hand on Cal, his arms taut through the suit as he huffed.

The problem with being with Cal was that he was damaged by experience, which made him react badly sometimes.

“He could have been here when you arrived back, alone,” he shot at me, without turning around.

“Cal, I’mfine,” I reassured him as he shook his head.

“You can’t live with her anymore. She’s a fuckingnightmare,” he pulled my hand into his as he walked towards his car.

“Cal, what are youdoing?!”I hissed as he swung open the door, gesturing for me to get in. It was then that I saw a glint of silver in the moonlight, and I saw what he had tucked in his waistband.

Was that a gun?

Part Two: Chapter Six

GRETCHEN

We rode in silence:my face stunned, his wary.