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I chuckled “You’re fucking with ht?”

“Your contract is in jeopardy Your position on this tea with you”

Coach reached into the top drawer of his desk and placed a manila envelope on top of his clipboard I saw my name written on the tab

“Go ahead,” he urged “Open it”

I thu it open with hesitation I stared at the contents scattered in front of“What is this?” I questioned

“Your file,” hehis back to me “It’s every article Every picture Every ti and there was a write-up It’s every headline about noise disturbances from the parties you throw”

I spread the articles and notes around, digging through the stack Coach or some bored son of a bitch in human resources had collected on me My life in Austin was co onor the nu on my pre-season stats No, this was a file on the dirty life I lived in the public eye Austin’s star didn’t hide He lived fully That’s what the folder showed me

“So this is what it’s come down to? No one here has my back? You don’t care how many points I put up on that board out there? What you care about is a fucking stack of newspaper clippings? Unbelievable” I shook my head

“We do have your back, Luke That’s e’re having this ” Coach turned to his desk and handed me an invitation “This is for you”

It took everything I had not to crumple it in my hand I lifted the wax seal and pulled the linen paper from the envelope

“What is this?” I could tell fro to hate

“There’s a charity event tonight for the children’s wing at the hospital Lexi Wilde is going to perforne Leave alone, before the event is over Don’t even speak to a single woman there”

I chuckled “You expectover rade, Coach?”

“No, I have soht Charlie Maine’s specialty is cleaning up cases like yours You need to be prepared to report everything froet so a member of this community in a positive way”

“This toorships rowled I didn’t need some prick named Charlie to tell me what to do