“Can someone please explain what the hell is going on here?” Lucas asked as I stood shielding Megan with my body.
“You can’t punish Ryder for this rejection, he did nothing wrong,” Megan said loudly.
“And you are?” Elder Victor asked her.
“Megan Greer,” she said.
“The Elders' decision is final, young lady,” Elder Michael said.
“I have proof,” she said, and Tia’s eyes widened.
“I hate you!” she yelled at Megan, but I didn’t budge, and she was hitting me out of frustration.
“Please come here,” Elder Cliff said to Megan.
I waited until Megan had reached the Elders and my father, and she took her phone out. She turned the phone sideways so the Elders and Lucas could all watch the video she was playing for them. Lucas’s eyes found mine a few times and I could see rage in them.
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