e was so scated she hid behind Charlotte,

Wi had always been a quiet and gentle girl. That day, she was so i

tric took one look at Charlotte and quickly lost interest in Wi Charlotte was way prettler. He started harassing her insteadb, /brefusing to let her leave, insisting she give him her number and date him. Then he started making disgusting, explicitments.

Charlotte still remembered how terrified she had been. There were so many students walking past the school gates and not a single person stopped to help.

At the time, she hadn’t learned any self–defense and didn’t dare fight back

Desperate, she bluffed. Gritting her teeth, she told Eric that she bhad /bba /bbrother who bran /bwith a rough crowd and if he touched herb, /bher brother would break his legs

if she remembered right, she actually did call Sean that day,

“Hey, didn’t you say once that if anyone messed with meb, /byou’d break their legs?

#yeah,

someone’s bothering me. Can youe right now?

“There’s a bunch of themb. /bIt’s just me and my friend, we can’t take them.

“Where? Outside Jersey City’s Liberty High school.”

After hanging up, she kept up the act, hyping up her so–called gangster brother.

“My brother has over a hundred guys under him, all trained fighters. Way tougher than your littleckeys. They never lose a fight. Don’t even think about touching me. If youy a finger on me, my brother will make you pay.”*

Eric stepped closer with a smirk, clearly unimpressed.

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“Oh yeah? Then call your brother here. Let’s see if he’s the real deal or just talk”

Charlotte putted out her cheeks, furious

b“/bYou’re the one who’s all talk”

en him too

Sean was in college at the timeb, /band his campus was over 30 kilometers away from Wi’s school. Even if he left the second she called, it would have taken long to get there. Charlotte hadn’t actually expected him to show up. She bhad /bjust wanted to scare Eric.

But just a few minutes bter/b, the school’s vice principal and dean carne rushing out and dragged Eric and his gang baway/bb. /b

Later, Wi told her she never saw Eric on campus againb. /b

From that day on, Charlotte started leaming how to protect herself.

As the mentiory surfacedb, /bshe took a sip of fruit wine and turned to Svan.

“Did you send the vice principal and dean that day?”

Sean’s dark eyes gave nothing away.

darlotteluolund at him again.

“And did you beat up Trir alterward?”

Jan lit up, bready /bto jump into the story

“Oh, you bet he did. Sassed that guy up bYou /bshould’ve seen it. El early got beaten bto /bbdeath/b, nut honestly? He had iting. I was there too. He said some seriously nasty crap He deserved every punch.”

Tan paused, bclearly /breliving the scene in his mind.

The day ball bgot /bCharlotte’s call, he bhad /bbeen ying basketball with fan

As soon bas /bhe hung up, Beat’s exportalon changed. Without ba /bbword/b, dur dropped the ball band /bleft chased bafter /bhim, got the rundownb, /bband /bwent with him to

odave

fair had an idea who bean was and acted like it. The guy was anegant as hell, band /bright in front of sean, be bsheeted/b, “That bchick’s /bjust my type. That bsoft /bskin, that Tiny want? Bet the loves teal pice. Can’t wait to get her in bed and watch her dance for me.

He didn’t pri to finish the senteuer.

Our pecondter, all you could beat was his scram–cutting himott mid–slur

Sean brat Lewat of those filthy words back i blus /bclupar

He was like a finns undead–every strike brutal and precise,sting blow after blow to very bvital /bspot,

+25 Bonu

Erie didn’t stand ba /bbchance/b. He tried to fight back at first but was quickly reduced to nothing more than a human punching bag

No one knew how long the bearingsted Eventually, Eric’s screams weakened and faded, by the end, he was motionless on the ground.

Jan patted his chest, still shaken bby /bthe memory.

“I swear, I was scared out of my mind. I tried to stop him but I couldn’t. He almost hit me by ident. His fists were covered in blood, his face to… He looked blike /ba walling horror movie. They nished Eric to the ER. I heard he was in the hospital for months before he could even stand againb./b”

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