Opposite's Attract

C O L E'S ⋆ S E C R E T S

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✤ Chapter 27: Cole's Secrets ✤

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To say I wasn't at least a little bit happy about Zane and Claire's breakup would be a lie.

In fact, I can't help the smirk on my face.

I didn't ask what happened, to be honest, I couldn't care less.

What I care about is-

"Who'd she cheat on you with?" I hear Liam's voice invade my mind .

Okay. Now I'm interested.

Zane glances at me. A glimmer of amusement flashes in his eyes and he looks away quickly.

"Nick."

My eyes widen and I feel my whole body rise in temperature, my head whips towards both of them. "W-what?" My voice cracks.

Zane looks at me again, "They kissed."

I shake my head and don't respond. Liam sighs, "Maybe there is more to the story," he looks between Zane and I, "Just give her a few days before anyone talks to her about anything."

I don't respond to him either. My eyes staying firmly on the tv.

Liam sighs, "Cole. We have to go. We gotta meet with Daniel."

I nod slowly biting my cheek. We walk to the car and begin driving.

"Cole." Nick says with a blank expression, the tiniest of smirk, and his arms crossed.

"Nick." I look at him in the eyes and my posture finding his.

"What do you have to say, Evens?" He raises his eyebrow.

I don't respond for a moment, my eyes meeting his, "What do you want with Claire?"

He hums, "Who says I want anything?"

"Cause I know you, Tomas. I know you don't just being a girl into your life unless you want something." I glare at him.

He smirks, "Awe. Well, you clearly don't know your sister well enough, because she can't mind her own damn business apparently."

I roll my eyes, "I would've dealt with it."

He hums, "Yeah, okay. Just like how you dealt with Zane and Claire. That wasn't a smart idea, huh?"

I want to punch him. I want to get that stupid smirk on his face. I want to make those stupid amused-filled eyes black.

"Cole, what the hell do you want? Why did you come over at 3 in the fucking morning, asshole?"

I glare at him, "You need to drop my sister. And I don't care how, but you need to separate yourself from her somehow. Make her never want to look your way again. Make her never want to be apart of your life. Your lifestyle, because I swear to god, if your stupid antics hurt my sister, I will kill you and bury your fucking body myself, and I swear to god." I look at him sternly.

He hums and doesn't say anything for a moment. His eyes fall down for a moment. He puts his hands in his pockets and he's no longer smirking.

"Fine, Evens. Fine."

I look at him, "And figure it out soon."

"Evens" Zane looks at me.

I swallow and pull into the driveway. "Is this it?"

Liam nods, "As far as I know, it's where the directions lead us."

It was a small motel looking building. Broken bricks. Looks almost decades old. Vines hanging down
from the building. Cobwebs. You can barely see any green. It's all brown.

Dead grass. Broken bottles. White sticks some still have smoke coming out of them. Others are burned. The ground is full of litter. It smells horrible.

Like burning. Like rubber burning or wood. Smoke. There's so many smells.

There's a few people smoking outside, leaning against the building. There hard faces, but ripped exterior kinda share a common idea: Look bad.

I avert my eyes away from them, and focus my attention on walking inside.

"Evens!" Daniel greets me with a smirk on his face. He takes the cigar out of his mouth and walks over to me. "Liam. Zane." his eyes fill with amusement as he looks at Zane.

He looks back at me and pats my shoulder, "Have you thought about my deal?" He smirks widely.

I put my hand in my pocket, "Northsise and Southside are in peace," I nod, "In alliance."