Nero (Made Men #1)(41)
“I’m not rich, and my family doesn’t have power; that’s why they get away with it, and that’s fine. But you can’t go around hurting the kids whose parents would come in here and blow a gasket, threatening to pull their kid out.
“Legacy Prep only wants one thing, and that’s money. If I leave because of bullying, then they get to keep my scholarship money, and that is a hell of a lot more than my paycheck and tips I give them for the rest.” Elle hoped she drove her point home.
“We’re just going to talk to them, sweetheart,” Vincent said, standing up.
Let me make it clearer.
“Let me paint a picture for you guys. If you three go and start a bunch of fights, then you get kicked out of school. That leaves Chloe and me stuck here alone with all the people you just pissed off. So, you all think about that when you go to talk to them.”
“That isn’t going to fucking happen,” Amo said, crossing his arms.
When Elle went to open her mouth again, Nero shut her up. “Elle. Class. Now.”
As Elle stomped off, ready to wring all their necks, she heard Chloe getting up to run beside her. Nero caught up to her, attempting to hold her hand, but she wasn’t in the mood. Unfortunately, Nero couldn’t have cared less, and as such, she was forced to hold his hand back to class.
When they reached her classroom, Elle had some parting words.
“None of you better do anything stupid.” Then she walked off without even telling Nero goodbye.
*
“Does she know who she’s talking to?” Amo asked when Elle slammed the classroom door.
“Oh, yes, she does, and that’s the problem.” After what he had done with her in the locker room, she was very aware of the kind of man he was.
Nero saw the guys all shake their heads. We’re all going to be lucky to come out of this sane.
Looking over to Leo, Nero spoke. “Go on to class. Ask around. Let me know if you find anything out.”
“All right, catch you guys later.” Leo walked off.
Nero and his crew were going to miss the last part of class again to have some alone time with Sebastian once more.
Vincent started walking toward the back of the school. “Three guesses where the bitch is, and the first two don’t count.”
Chapter Twenty
I Bet You Can’t Even Aim Your Piss in the Toilet
Nero followed Vincent out the back school doors; they were hardly used and only there in case of an emergency. Walking out, they headed along the school building, following the smell. When they reached the rich-boy douchebags smoking pot, it was everything Nero could do not to beat the shit out of Sebastian right then and there.
“Get the fuck out of here.” Nero wanted to make it clear they didn’t want to finish their weed, but mostly, he enjoyed watching them run.
When Sebastian tried to make a run for it, too, Nero pushed him hard, making him fall backwards. “I don’t think so.”
“Hey, I didn’t do anything.” Sebastian held up his hands.
Nero squatted down beside him. “Nothing? Really? So, you didn’t happen to fucking throw the milk at Elle’s face?”
“No-no, of course not. You think I could really throw something across the cafeteria and not miss?”
Nero watched Sebastian practically shed a few tears. “Yeah, you’re probably right. I bet you can’t even aim your piss in the toilet.”
Sebastian tried to smile and laugh. “Yeah, I can’t even do that.”
“I guess you didn’t happen to see who did, then?”
Sebastian violently shook his head.
Nero looked up at Amo and Vincent standing above them. “What do you think? You think he’s telling us the truth?”
Vincent smiled. “Maybe we should help him remember.”
Sebastian was practically crying now. “No. I-I don’t know anything, I swe—”
“All right, calm down.” He needed Sebastian to get his next message. “Now, I’m going to give you one last chance. You tell us right now everything you have done to Elle and Chloe, and I will make sure I won’t let Amo kill you.”
Nero watched Sebastian look up toward Amo. Amo didn’t have to make himself look scary. He’s already scary as fuck.
Sebastian thought about his next words. “I haven’t fucking touched them.”
Nero grabbed Sebastian’s face over his mouth, squeezing as hard as he could without popping his fucking head off. “If I find out you’re fucking lying to me, I promise, you will be unrecognizable by the time I get done with you. Understand?”
Sebastian nodded as hard as he could and Nero shoved his face down, making his head meet the concrete floor. Sebastian finally let his tears run.
“Now you can get the fuck out of here.”
Nero watched Sebastian get up and scramble off. Yeah, just like a little bitch. He really couldn’t do much more to Sebastian no matter how much he wanted to smash the liar’s face in. Elle was right; they had to be smart about what they did on school grounds. However, outside of these walls was going to be a completely different story.
Nero stood back up and noticed his crew didn’t look very pleased. Hell, Nero wasn’t pleased that he couldn’t hurt Sebastian the way he would like.
“We find someone to talk and tell us everything. Then, we get him outside of school.” Nero needed them to focus. Like Elle said, look at the bigger picture.