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Mason throws the ball into his et the fk out of here?"
He doesn’t have to ask o" The rest of the teao and it’s just the two of us left here, putting in a little extra practice
Mason and I go back to the locker rooe I push my wallet intostupidly at his phone Hailey is probably takingthe and step outside so that I can give Eli a call and check in on things back hoain as I pull my phone from my pocket and dial Eli’s nuetting ready for the night
"What’s up, Cooper?" Eli says when he answers the phone
"Just calling to check in Things have been busy, as you can iht I would" I say, atte to explain why I haven’t called in teeks before he even asks
"Yeah, yeah I get it" His voice sounds tired and stressed, ood I had to let one of the bartenders go last night though"
I feel a pang of guilt; this is why I should be there, for all this kind of stuff It’s not fair that I’ve du about opening the club I stressed to him that this could happen and he said it was completely fine and he could handle it
"Who was it?"
Eli sighs, "Bri"
I didn’t have a good feeling when Eli hired her but I didn’t say anything, figuring it was justextra picky
"What happened?"
I hear hi papers, "Her draas almost one hundred and fifty dollars short"
"Damn" We set up each bartender with their own drawers so they would be held responsible for anything that went in and out of it
"Exactly
"How’s everything else? Jaylinn?"
Eli sighs heavily, "She’son?"
"Look, I don’t want to tell you this but you need to know I don’t think it’s my place but whatever" Eli curses under his breath "She caht with someone"
God damn it I look up to the sky and shake my head, annoyed, pissed, you na but in so she’d wait it out a little longer Like forever
"After they left I asked Layla about it," Eli continues "She said it was souy from her class"
Fuck I rubpain init just spreads the feeling over my entire body, o nuood ti weird together"
He’s trying to oing to hurt any less I can’t be what she needs and I should be happy that she’son with her life but I’m not Not at all