C49 Tit for tat

Date = 23 November

Place = San Francisco (Damion’s house)

POV - Damion

The Jeep’s parked crookedly near the house. The girls stand around it in a loose semicircle, arms crossed, expressions carved from stone.

Uh-oh.

As I swing off the bike, my body protests loudly — knees tight, shoulder screaming, leg throbbing where the scrape’s starting to smart.

Before I can straighten properly