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Chapter 44

Author: Olivia Saxton
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Hawk couldn’t help how angry he was. The last thing the Calhouns or the Steeles needed was another generation of their first-borns feuding. And the last thing everyone else needed was the school getting wind of the fight. The boys could get suspended for a week or more from the football team. Hawk was getting too old for this shit.

“Explain yourself, boy,” Hawk said through gritted teeth. “Why were you fighting with Dax?”

The front of Hank’s black hair was damp with sweat. Some of the heat had left his cheeks. “Well, me and a couple of the guys were hanging out out front. Dax and a few of his buddies were just across the way hanging out. I . . . I knew Dax was dressed up as the killer from Scream. So, I might have said some things about . . . Miss Ava and I might have said it loud enough where he could hear it.”

“Like what?”

“Uh . . . like how . . . hot she is and how I wouldn’t mind . . . doing things to her,” he said and then his eyes
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