Laney
“I can’t believethey did that.”
Trina tightened her hands around her steaming mug of coffee, eyes narrowing.
I lifted one shoulder in a dejected shrug. “I can.”
Adam’s jaw clenched. “I wish the assholes hadn’t taken your phone. Then we could’ve come and helped.”
“That was the whole point of them taking it. They wanted me alone and vulnerable.”
“Fucking creeps,” Trina said, knuckles turning white around her mug.
“They aren’t just creeps,” Adam replied, shaking his head. “Seriously, Hunter is a complete psychopath. I can’t believe I’m actually related to him.”
“Me neither.” I pressed my lips into a thin line. “Anyway, you want to hear the worst part?”
“What is it?”
“I went to visit the boarding admin office and the security office yesterday morning to ask for a second lock on my door, and they said no. They don’t think it’s necessary.”
Adam’s eyes widened. “Even after everything that’s happened to you?”
I nodded grimly. “It doesn’t help that Sanders is trying to cover everything up to protect your brother and his cronies. He’s basically telling anyone who’ll listen that I’m just a nutty attention seeker.”
“So Hunter can still get in your room anytime he wants?” Trina asked.
“Uh-huh. So now I barricade the door at night with my desk. When I’m out, I hide my laptop and any other valuables in a ceiling vent.”
“You shouldn’t have to live like that!” Trina said. “It’s a school, not a prison!”
“I know,” I said with a soft sigh. “But it is what it is, I guess.”
“Do you want to come and stay with me instead?” she asked.
Adam gave me a sympathetic smile. “I’d offer the same thing, but I live with Hunter, so you’d be stepping right into the belly of the beast if you came to stay.”
I gnawed on my bottom lip as I thought about it. “Thanks for the offer, but I think I’ll be okay,” I finally said.
Trina lifted her brows. “You sure? My parents won’t mind.”
“I know, but you’re already putting a target on your back by hanging out with me. If the Princes find out I’m staying with you, they might do something to hurt you. They might even do something to your parents.”
She patted my arm. “Well, I’m not too worried about that, so if you change your mind, just let me know, and I’ll get the housekeeper to make up a room for you,” she said.
“Thanks. You’re the best.”
She smiled, withdrew her hand, and opened the Café Seven menu in front of her. “On a lighter note… do you guys want to share a giant stack of pancakes with me? Extra toppings?”
“Sure,” Adam and I said in unison.
When Trina returned from ordering at the counter, she sat down and leaned forward, brows lifted high. “Are you totally sure you’ll be okay at Blair Hall by yourself?” she asked. “I can’t stop picturing those assholes breaking in and attacking you.”
“Yeah, I’ll be fine.” I let out a sigh. “I just wish I could get them to leave me alone.”
Adam cocked his head to one side. “Didn’t you tell us last week that the Medusas said they could make it all stop?”
“As long as you joined them, right?” Trina added.