Family

Damon

I watch as Ms. Kale’s face falls as I threaten her, and I grin internally, knowing I have already won. Jessica has no idea who I am but has also been away at college for two years. Most people in this town either know me as the billionaire or the mafia lord. Either way, it doesn’t matter- they both hold power.

“You really think the news would care about something like this?” she asks me, and I watch Jessica’s face out of the corner of my eye. I recognize the terror on her face. I think she’s afraid I will get her sister expelled, but this Charter school snobby bitch has no idea what she is up against.

“I do, actually. I know the head reporter, Molly Campbell. She and I are very close, and she always loves when I bring her stories. You may remember the most recent one,” I say, raising my eyebrows, “Lilly’s pet store.”

Ms. Kale gasps at the mention of one of the biggest new stories that has ever been broken in this town. Lilly’s wasn’t a real pet store, no. She was selling and bre