Chapter 19
"Mia, please talk to me. I'm begging you," Ryder pleads from the other side of the door.
For reasons unknown to me, Russ decided to let him in, so I locked myself up in my room. I'm not ready to talk about what kind of trouble he's in. He's been standing outside my door for the past twenty minutes apologizing, begging me to talk to him, cursing under his breath and apologizing some more. I love my brother, but I can't bring myself to believe that he's really this bad. He's always been someone I looked up to, my protector, my hero. How can I accept that he's a part of a gang?
"Mia, you have to listen to me. I can explain everything."
I pull my pillow over my head and groan. He's not going to give up, so I may as well get this over with. I throw my pillow across the room an
