9 GABRIELLA “Is Tyler’s father going to approve of holding a fight in their gym this late at night?” I asked curiously on our way there. I’d met Steven Rushing before, and he didn’t take me as the kind of man who would approve of this kind of fight. Sheepishly, Ryley shrugged his shoulders and bit his lip. “Actually, his father doesn’t know. He’s out of town with Tyler’s mother for a couple of weeks. He’ll be so f*****g pissed if he finds out.” “Let’s just hope he doesn’t.” When we pulled up in the parking lot, it was so packed I didn’t even know if we’d find a parking space. “You know your brother’s going to find out that you’re here. There’s no way you can be around this many people in our circle and he not find out. I told him a while back that he needed to loosen up on you or you’

