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"You know exactly what you did You soldsold me out, Ava"

"I’er "Bradford Digby’s fucking lawyers called Gil to notify hi news site in an hour"

"What?"

"Don’t play duoing live so soon? What were you going to do? Just up and disappear before I found out it was you?"

"Jesus, Gabe!" I tug on my ponytail, frustrated "I honestly don’t have a clue what you’re talking about I didn’t sell any story to anyone I haven’t spoken to anyone I don’t knohat’s going on here, but it doesn’t have anything to do with me"

He advances across the room so quickly, it forces er "You recorded our conversation When I told you aboutwoot it all on tape, and then you sold it to Bradford fucking Digby!"

"No!" I gasp "No, I didn’t!"

"Liar," he hisses Then, he laughs an eot lucky with that conversation I bet you couldn’t believe your fucking luck No wonder you were pushingwhat ca the lottery for you, hearing all that Did you record all our conversations? Or just that one?"

My hands ball into fists at my sides "I’ve never recorded any of our conversations"

"Liar"

"I’ stop, Ava The lawyers sent Gil the interview that you signed off on and a copy of the recording of our conversation"

He pulls his cell from his pocket and presses the screen A second later, the room is filled with the sound of Gabe’s and my voices

"I used to sleep omen fortrafficking, racketeering, and

"Gabe…I don’t kno our conversation was recorded, but it wasn’t me"

He swipes the screen on his phone and turns it to le thing I told you As quoted by you"

I grab the phone froht of my name

…details from the woman who knows hiasp,to Gabe "No, I didn’t do this This wasn’tinlying to ! It wasn’t me! Someone else recorded our conversation because it wasn’t me"

His eyes fix on me, cold and hard "Swipe the screen"

"Why?"

"Swipe the fucking screen!"

I do as he said, and there’s a docunize that It’s the contract you signed with Digby, giving hin any contract! You have to believe hs hollowly "And I suppose that isn’t your nanature at the bottom either"

I zoom in on the bottonature It’sn this I would never betray you like that I swear to you"

He snatches his phone from my hand and turns his back on me

"Gabe" I step up to him and place my hand on his back