Chapter 169: JACE

To be expelled would carry a stigma that will follow them for the rest of their lives. It was only the first shot I planned to take at her.

"If the cops can't tie her to the attack or the explosion, I'll find a way to, because I know it was her doing."

"As to Stanley, I already have people looking for him. He's nowhere to be found which means he might've left the city already. If I put the squeeze on his dad he'd have no choice but to come out of hiding though."

"What do you mean put the squeeze on him? What are you going to do?"

"Shut him down." I walked away without giving them anymore.

They're my friends but they don't carry the same burdens as I. I stayed up most of the night thinking about what I should do and this was the only thing that made sense.

It's because of my lax behavior that things had gone this far, that people like Mandy and Stanley thought they could fuck with my girl and get away with it.

It's because I'd made myself just one of the crowd that people