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room.” When one of them started to speak, Joey simply raised
his head. “You argue with me and the conversation I’m going to have with your
chief is going to be one you’ll never forget. And believe me when I tell you
that you’re going to regret your actions today. You are going to wish your name
had never come up to come here. Get out of here now.”
    As the two of them shuffled out, Joey turned
to Nolan. He could see the look in his eye now and it did not bode well for the
bad guy. Nolan looked at Rylee when she spoke.
    “Why? I mean, it’s a done deal, right? This
person is going to be suspended or whatever, and Shane will be all right.” Joey
was shaking his head, as he was. “No. This isn’t right. They can’t do this to
him. To us. Tell me you’re kidding.”
    “I wish that I was. And the school isn’t
going to be your biggest concern right now. Walter’s father has said that if
his son isn’t treated well, then he’ll take care of the little fuck that…sorry,
but he’s going to come after you as soon as he can.” Joey glanced at Nolan before
looking back at Rylee to tell her the rest. “The school is suspending only
Shane for now, but I know someone on the board that has taken a great interest
in this.”
    Grandda laughed before speaking. “Yeah, my
Katie. You don’t want to mess with her and family. She’ll…she can be a mite on
the mean side when she’s all riled up, but once it’s family? Well, I’d hate to
be them.” He looked at Micah. “You gonna tell on them cops to that alpha? Have
them brought in for disrespecting your family?”
    “I’ve already spoken to him.” Nolan wanted to
ask how that had gone over, but Micah only shook his head. “Things are taken
care of in that regard.”
    Rylee looked at him and Nolan wasn’t sure
what to tell her. When she sat down, he could see that she was feeling defeated.
When she spoke, he knew she was.
    “How is this even possible? He’s the injured
party in all of this.” She looked up at him. “He’s bigger, an adult, and he had
a switchblade at school. How the hell is any of that even right, or them saying
that Shane is the bad guy in this?”
    “I don’t know, love, but I intend to find
out. Joey is going to help too. And as much as I’d like to tell you that I
think you can handle Victor yourself, I think that you’re going to need all of
us to help you. And I know you’re going to hate this, but I think it would be
best if you moved in with me.” She nearly fell leaping up from the chair, all signs
of defeatist gone and the angry woman in her place.
    “No fucking way.” Shane, behind her, started
laughing. Even Grandda did after a couple of seconds. Before Nolan could ask
her to listen to him, the door behind them burst open and there stood Victor
Simpson and his fucking bastard of a son.
    ~~~
    Micah stood up and moved to the door. He knew
this man…hell, they all did. He was one of the meanest men that ever walked the
earth, and it looked as if the apple hadn’t fallen far from the tree with the
son. He came into the room like he owned it, and Micah was ready to show him
that he did not when Rylee moved to stand by him.
    “Your son hurt mine.” Micah had thought that
Shane was her nephew, but said nothing. “What the hell are you going to do
about it?”
    “Do? I don’t think I understand there, little
lady. You mean this scuff between the boys?” He laughed, but no one was fooled
by his good old boy look. Not even Rylee, it appeared. “Well now, darling,
we’re going to settle this like adults. You pay off the little hospital stay
here that your boy there caused, and I’ll just pretend none of this happened. You
know how boys will be boys. And this isn’t nothing more than that. You just
tell me how you want to pay for the damages and the hospital bill and we’ll be
on our way.”
    There was a long pause, and Micah thought
that she wasn’t going to say anything when she fanned her face with her hands
and