Chapter 61

“So I saw a paintball gun in Justine’s locker,” she said. “She’s new this year, I thought I’d be nice, right, see if she wanted to go shooting with me. I’d go easy on her, just targets, no battle.”

“And?” asked Kiko, abandoning his quest to save Chad from himself. Angel shrugged again.

“And nothing. She got all weird. Stepped in the way so I wouldn’t see it. Laughed at me and told me I didn’t see what I thought I saw.” Angel rolled her eyes hard and folded her arms. “Like that would actually work on me. I think I know my guns. I know we’re not supposed to have anything like that at school, but I wouldn’t’ve said anything.”

“Kiko,” said Dom, turning that over in his mind. If Justine had access to the paintball guns, then definitely she’d know about what her father was doing.

“Chad,” snapped an angry voice. Evelyn pushed past them, curling her lip and glaring at Kiko. She grabbed her son by the arm. “We’re going.”

“But they haven’t done the drawing yet,” said Chad.