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exotic to impress me."
    He lowered his face to hers. "Is that a challenge?"
    She shrugged with one shoulder. "You can take it however you want. But I still need to tell you-"
    He placed a finger over her lips. Firmly. "I don't want to hear it," he said.
    Her jaw firmed as she glared. "But-"
    His expression hardened, a picture of obstinacy. "I don’t want to hear it, Meredith. Unless you're about to confess you have a stable of nubile youths waiting to do your every naked deed..."
    She gasped. "Liam!"
    Oh, the cruelty in the knowing, sensual curve of his lips. "Well then, whatever you think you need to tell me isn’t as bad as that, so I don’t want to hear it. If it really is a problem, I’m sure I'll find out the hard way."
    Meredith bit her lip, frustrated. "You like the hard way?" she snapped, irritated by his, just, blasé attitude.
    "I love the hard way.” He stepped towards her, lumbering grace. “I insist on the hard way. I will show you the hard way-"
    "Oh my God, teenager incoming," Brick said loudly, stomping through the back door. "Protect my innocent ears. I beg you."
    Meredith sighed, turning around. "Your timing is perfect anyway. I was just about to give him a piece of my mind."
    Brick snorted. "Sure you were."
    As much as Meredith wanted to stay, she couldn’t. Liam seemed willing to have them hang out at his place all day, but she insisted on getting Brick home.
    “I know you have homework that you put off to the last minute,” she said firmly, directing the girl to the door. And she still had her father to deal with. She couldn’t decide if she should press her confession with Liam, or let it ride. At least she could always say she’d tried, if he ever accused her of withholding.
    They turned the corner of the house, bickering good-naturedly. Liam noticed the disturbance first. Meredith pulled up short at his sudden, vicious cursing.
    “Liam!” Her head whipped towards him as he strode past her. Her eyes followed him and she gasped, hurrying forward.
    All four of his tires sat on the rims, slashed.
    “Who would do something like this?” Meredith exclaimed, crouching down. He inhaled, drawing air deep into his lungs. Grabbed her arm and pulled her away as he scanned the street.
    “I don’t know,” he growled after a moment. “But when I scent him, I will find out.”
    He glanced at Meredith, attention moving briefly to Brick. Paused, turned to face the teenager fully, eyes suddenly keen.
    “Brick?” He said her name softly.
    Meredith turned, taking in the teenager’s white, set expression and grim eyes.
    "Brick, do you know something about this?"
    The girl’s expression said everything. Meredith rushed towards her and enveloped the stiff teenager in a hug. For a moment, a familiar dread lurked behind young-old eyes. A dread Meredith was all too familiar with.
    "It's okay, whatever it is."
    "Honey, is there something going on you want to tell me about?" Liam asked. Meredith partially released her student, turning so her arm was still slung around Brick's slender shoulders. Liam looked down at them both, incredulous anger gone.
    Brick looked down. "The family I live with. They have a son around my age."
    "Yes?"
    "We... don't get along. He does little things to try and get me in trouble. He said he was going to do something big."
    "Why?" Liam asked, still. Not even a strand of hair moved.
    "He- before I lived in his house. We kinda knew each other from school. He's one of the more popular kids. Not too much, just average. But more popular than me, you know? He said he liked me a little."
    A ball of sickness unfurled in Meredith’s stomach. And anger, welling up from somewhere deep and ugly. "Has he tried to hurt you, Brick?"
    The girl said nothing.
    "I'll kill him." Fury bubbled over. "Is he the one you were in a 'fight' with? Did he hit you?"
    "It was self-defense," Brick snapped. "And I almost broke his pussy ass arm. That's why he's been doing bullshit stuff. He probably figured you'd