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Slowly, I took a step backward up the stairs,My eyes flew to find Jordan in the crowd Ada at hing, including Charles I couldn’t find Jordan, but my eyes landed on my dad A sob escaped my lips when I saw the look on his face--utter humiliation

Oh God Oh God! Could this have been any worse? I was shamed in front of the company where I’d worked for nearly a year, and on top of that,with for years to come My vision blurred and I stu hard on ain

Someone wrapped a towel around athered in one single thought--Jordan? I turned No, not that tall It was a woman Short, dark hair Mia

She slid her ar me up the stairs Before we reached the top, I’d already coh I was blinded with tears, I still ed to see a scuffle at the base of the stairs

"Slut-shaht hook The huddle of men broke to pull the women off each other A tallher from Kat’s attack I blinked a few times to see who it was--Jordan He yelled at her to calm down

And that was it, the final humiliation Jordan didn’t come toCari from Katya

I couldn’t look away from him, but he never once looked towardthe scuffle between the to insults at Cari, as cowering behind so her face intact

He uses women Everybody knows that

Mia jostled et you covered up"

We went into the clubhouse and, ironically enough, Mia led us to the exact changing room where Jordan and I had just had sex a half an hour before I’d walked out of there filled with hope and happiness, and noalking back in, disgraced and hu "I’rabbed some tissue from the small vanity, handed it to me, and then looked around the room "Where are your clothes? Did you put them in a locker?"

I handed her the key that I had pinned inside the bodice of my swimsuit In the locker weresuit when I’d arrived Mia grabbed the key and told ht back with my stuff Before she could step away, however, both my Dad and Adam could be heard outside the door I whi the door a crack "She’s not decent I’s"

I heard her footsteps as she walked away, and then I was privy to the heated words on the other side of the door Dad was pissed More pissed than I’d ever heard hie

"I can’t begin to tell you howthis is," Dad said "She should be fired immediately I don’t want special exceptions because she’sto wait until she can talk to us and explain what happened"

"April is going home with me Now But I expect you to terminate her There’s no excuse for her behavior"

"David, I appreciate where you’re cooing to speak to her This--"

"Excusethem toroom When she ca of belongings Then, she bent down and whispered, "I’ll try to distract Adah"

I shookmy shorts and tank top over my now ruined suit "I came with him He’s my ride"

Mia bit her lip and looked off to the side, as if thinking

"I can’t avoid hiaveand then opened the door The twoI stepped forward, relieved to see that no one else was here, just the two of the my dad’s eyes as I turned to Ada tossed in the pool, his hair, t-shirt and board shorts dripping wet

"I’o, but…I was too scared I’m really sorry for all the trouble I caused you and the company"