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“Professor De Jong,” I call out to her, rushing to catch up to her “I’m so sorry to bother you My name is Hayley Tanner I believe my friend Hannah spoke to you earlier this week?”
The elderly lady sirl is doing better”
Her kindness and sincerity catches uard but I recover quickly “She is, thank you ma’am”
Professor De Jong motions for us to walk and as I fall into step with her I continue, “I’d like to knohat nment is, and when it’ll need to be completed”
“Well Miss Tanner, I’ve put together an assign sports tea as s of a tearaph theether an exposé Do you think you can have that done a week from today?”
“Yes ma’am” I reply quickly “And thank you I appreciate the opportunity to rade”
“You’re welco out the practice tin me a sheet of paper “Good luck”
With that we part ways and I look down at the sheet, inet it out of the way My stomach drops when I find the only tea
The swim team
And that only
I have to see Cameron
Chapter 10
~ Hayley ~
The swi pool area is quiet when I walk in I’ down on the stands and take out my camera
“Hayley? What are you doing here?”
The rich voice I’ve cothose Ja else His chest is bare and I struggle to tear les hang froers I force enuinely surprised to see me, not that I had any reason to let him knoould be here in the first place I’d spentover what it would be like to see him after our last interaction It never ended well I alound up fantasizing about hirabbed ainst the wall
I shakemy canements with Coach Andrews yesterday and he said I could take so during practice”
I feel Caive in and look at him I’m scared of what I’ll see f I do Instead, I spendaround with the sports settings on my camera
“Listen, Hayley, now that you’re here, I need to apologize,” he says His voice is soft, and gentle and I hate it I hate that when I needed it to be cowords, he toldwith all ht that he sees’s the resolve in my eyes
“Don’t worry about it, I’ve already forgotten about it”
His eyes sadden Good He’d better be feeling what I felt when he walked away from me
“You look tired,” he remarks “And skinnier”