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I don’t wait long for his response

The illbad

Sitting down onmy phone to my chest I want to text him—no, call him—and tell hi this badly before…except there was a ti drugs But then I realized that was beyond

Running my thumbs over the phone, I text him back

It will reed And you can see my bad side some other time

Alex’s text back is short

Looking forward to it A lot

S, I setthis evening

Then they pop back open with insight and determination

Picking my phone back up, I dial Brandon and wait for hi to tell him that he and I will never ain I can’t let hi more exists I can’t lead hiht with Alex—there is no way I could ever have soht now

Chapter 13

Alex

Sitting on the bench in the visitors’ locker rooet dressed for tonight’s ga three of the last four, and tonight’s a very iame If e’ll take over the leaderboard for first place in our division It’s a standing that didn’t o

But now?

Noant this win very badly

And I think I want this win because of Sutton When I talked to her last night, she wanted ue was broken down and how teaot so excited when I told her that we could take over nuet that win for her

I want to give it toto like the gaain

Do I love it? No

And every tiaot just thisis a pria, I prolutton for punishe