Twenty-Nine
Duke
“Some people are just ignorant, but those guys are plain dumb.” Cece tosses her straight, black hair over her shoulder and rolls her eyes. She’s wearing a pair of shorts and a sleeveless blue T-shirt. “Haley,” she says to the little girl, “you okay?”
Haley nods and ducks her head into the crook of her father’s neck. She looks about five or six with downy black hair, light brown skin and eyes like David. She’s a cute little kid, and I would introduce myself properly if I weren’t fuming from the almost-fight.
Careena wraps her arms around my waist and dips her chin against my arm. “Duke, it’s over. They’re gone.”
“I know.” But I still can’t calm down. I was so close to pounding Dougie’s face in. His friends would have jumped on me. There’s no way I would have won that m
