Reckless at Raleigh High (Raleigh Rebels #3)

by Callie Hart

“You think I’m that cruel? You don’t think I’m on your side? After everything that’s happened?”

OH COME ON!!! 😭😭😭😭

“When will we have given enough? When will we have lost enough? There’s no one out there, keeping track of how much pain we’re dealt…how much we’re asked to bear…and that’s the most terrifying thing, Silver. ’Cause if there’s no one keeping track... …then there’s no one out there to make it stop.”

THIS. This is a piece of fiction and the PAIN WASN'T NECESSARY!! 😭😭😭

“Heard you were living here in Raleigh. Guess I didn’t really believe it. Not ’til now.”

Oh my..... NO

“Hell fucking no!”

🤣🤣🤣 Bitch. 😒

“You’d better have a damn good reason for being in my kitchen, questioning my underage daughter without an adult present, Detective.”

Thank you, and really Silver, how stupid are you!!?

I still have close to seventy grand in a pillowcase under the floorboards in the bedroom,

And you didn't.... wtf dude. 🤦🏻‍♀️😐

“Judging from the look on your face, it’s probably gonna be Mavis.”

Shithead. 🙄🤣🤣

Doesn’t look like he had the same little chat with Zen.

Yet... what's he doing there? Of she dies, I bet he did it.

“You’ll always be my Daddy?” I read out loud. “Silver gave it to me on Father’s Day when she was six. It’s my favorite mug.” “Can I keep it?” “Stop talking, Moretti, before I rip your tongue right out of your head.” He saw my, ‘she calls me Daddy now,’ joke coming a mile away. “Okay, okay. That might have been a little on the nose.”

😳🤣🤣🤣🖤

“Class, this is Detective Lowell. He’d like to ask a few of you a couple of questions.

Uh, 🙅 without parentals.

“This is nice,” Zander says, winking at me from across the table. “You and blondie are sharing sugar. Alex hasn’t tried to kill me in well over five minutes. I don’t wanna get ahead of myself over here, but I’d go so far as to call this progress.”

Idiot. 🙄🖤🤣

Eternally. Always. The inside of that beautiful head of yours intrigues the living shit out of me. I’m embarrassed by how much time I spend thinking about what goes on in there.

Silver is my event horizon. My point of no return. Everything else is just white noise.

No sooner am I sitting in the passenger seat than my temple is bouncing off the window, pain splintering my skull apart.

🤣🤣🤣😬

“You asked my seventeen-year-old daughter to marry you, didn’t you, you little fuck?”

😬🤣🤣🤣

“You’re right. I don’t know what I’m going to do next year. I don’t know if I’ll go to college, or if I’m gonna get a job, or…I don’t know. But what I’m certain of is Silver. If she goes off to Dartmouth, I’ll be sitting in the car right next to her with all my shit packed up, too. She wants to disappear off into the Amazon? I’ll take my malaria pills like a good boy and make sure she doesn’t get eaten. And, shit. If she decides she wants to be a fucking astronaut and go into space, I’ll figure that out too somehow. Whatever direction she decides to head in, and for as long as she wants me by her side, I will be there, taking every step with her. And our life won’t be safe, or comfortable anyway. She’s full of music, and laughter, and light, Cam. How can anything ever be predictable with Silver around?”

As far as I’m concerned, silver is far more precious than gold.”

And at the end of the day…a song can’t be unsung, can it, Alessandro?”

“Oh, shit.” “Yeeaahhhh.”

🙃🤣🤣🤣

The rape charges still stand, but they’ve let him out on bail until his hearing.”

HOW ABOUT THE B&E, ANIMAL ABUSE, ASSAULT, KIDNAPPING, AND ATTEMPTED FUCKING MURDER CHARGES!??? WHAT THE ACTUAL!??

“What about the attempted murder charge?”

EXACTLY!!

“I don’t care who it hurts,” my father hisses. “I care about my daughter and the shit that she’s been through. Now you make that call right the fuck now, while I’m sitting here in front of you, or I swear on all I hold dear, I am quickly gonna become your worst fucking nightmare.”

GO. DAD. 👏👏👏😌

“NO!” Mr. French roars, grabbing Jake by the scruff of his shirt. “Absolutely not. No chance. That is not a word I will tolerate. Get moving. Now.”

Oh THAT'S what bothered you!? 🙄🖕

“Damn, Parisi. I don’t think you’re ever gonna stop being the most beautiful thing I’ve ever laid eyes on,” he murmurs. I lean into his hand, briefly closing my eyes, enjoying the warmth of him, just for a second. “Funny. I was just thinking the same thing.”

“I’m not beautiful. I’m a handsome bastard. And don’t you forget it,”

💅😌🤣

Lawrence Davis, were you unconscious just now?”

Yes he was. 🥴🤣🤣

I don’t think we count as real men until we’ve at least seen the Connery years.”

Roger Moore.

“You,” he says quietly, addressing Kacey. “I’m confused by you. You’re so weak. There’s absolutely nothing remarkable about you. You’re uninteresting to look at. Below average intelligence. Your obsessive struggle for power has ranged well past the border of pathetic and you’ve now officially hit pitiful territory. Somehow, you’re still trying to best the girl who adored and doted on you, even though you know you can’t. You know you lost to her a long time ago. You know she’s better than you in every way imaginable, and yet…you keep on trying. He calls her Second Place Silver,” he says evenly, jerking his chin in Jake’s direction, “but in your heart, you know she’s first place. She’s all he cares about. He can never love you as much as he hates her. She consumes his entire fucking being, doesn’t she? He’s so determined to despise her, that there’s hardly any room left inside his head for you at all. You’re always going to be second place.” Taking a measured step forward, he tips his head to one side, shaking his head slowly, like he feels sorry for her. “I get what it’s like to feel worthless, Kacey. You’re right. I lived in a trailer park, and I come from poor stock. That doesn’t really set a guy up to excel in life. I see all of the things I used to hate about myself in you, and my heart breaks for you. But I swear to god,” he says, leaning into her face. “Call me Trailer Trash again, and I’ll make you wish you’d never been fucking born. I don’t care if you’re a girl. I ...

UNF 😍🥰🥰

Alex would ever have doctored the votes to make sure he was crowned prom king alongside me. It’s just not his style. Which means… Oh god, no. Surely not Jake.

No dude 🤣🤣🤣 it's the kid!!! The one that likes your hair!

Captain of the Chess Club?

BAHAHAHAAAAAA I KNEW IT!! 🤣🖤

I see the way he’s staring up at the sky and I think he’s fucking dead. And then he blinks. “Weird…night.”

😳🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤣

“Yeah. Yeah, I have no fucking clue what’s going on. Are you okay?” He nods, slowly lifting his hand and taking hold of mine, squeezing it reassuringly. “Of course I am.” “You don’t look okay.” He smiles. Thankfully all of his teeth are still where they’re supposed to be. “Wow. Rude.”

🤣🤣🤣🖤😭

“And you’re normally so good with people,” I say, pouting. “Weird that she wouldn’t let you in.”

I love their relationship! 🤣

“Wow, you must be super fucking high if you’re talking about college.” “Soooo high,” I confirm.

🤣🤣🤣 LOVE IT!!

“And do you know how dark and utterly shitty my life would be without you in it?” “Pitch black?” she guesses. “Charcoal black? Obsidian black?” “Obsidian black, probably.”

🖤

“The blood in Alex’s veins has nothing to do with who he’s become. You shove the Moretti name in people’s faces like it’s something to be feared. By rights, the Moretti name’s something your son should be ashamed of. You’re weak, and you’re selfish, and you don’t give a fuck about anyone else. Alex is nothing like you, though. He’s brave, and he’s good. He’s loyal, and his capacity to love, despite everything you allowed him to suffer through, is remarkable. You might have tainted your family name, but Alex has made it shine. He’s restored it to something he can be proud of. And I’ll be damn proud when Silver becomes a Moretti, too, because as far as I’m concerned, it’s a name that represents strength and courage. Alex might not be my son by birth. He might not even be my son by law yet, but he is one of the brightest parts of my life, and I’m honored to have him as a part of my family. Now, if you’ll excuse me, if I hurry, I can still be early for my date.”

🖤🖤🖤