"Who's this?" The ringleader asked angrily while glaring at Scotty. They were the same height and about the same build but Scotty knew that more than one kid had made the mistake of thinking that just because he was a white kid in a predominately black neighborhood that he would back down in fear. Their mistake was not realizing that he'd had to learn how to fight in order to survive the streets as well as his home. He never backed down from a fight.
"That's her brother," Jalissa responded flippantly, no longer afraid of the boys that had moments before made her momentarily regret her decision to wear tight shorts and shirt.
At the declaration, Vanessa's eyes widened and her face burned bright red. If she could have, she would have socked her cousin in the eye. She and Scotty had never talked about their relationship. She wasn't even sure if he even knew that she was aware of it.