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in front of his gaze Hours? Was he waiting us out for hours?
“If that’s what you’re sticking to, then at least now you’ve got your stories straight You’re not getting out of here unscathed There will be repercussions and you two had better pray we make it to the national chaet out of here I’ll let you know once the final punishment has been decided”
“Thank you, Coach,” we said in unison and got up from our chairs
Mikelson was ready to lay into us but Coach intercepted hi him back into the office
The tense energy pulsed in the hallway, repelling us fronets
Every scenario I’d run, I ended up off the teaan Why wasn’t it? What Johanssen did didn’t make sense He had me He could’ve spilled every bit of intel he had, and Coach, being the stand-up guy he ould’ve reportedI’d worked for demolished
But he hadn’t
Without even a look my way, he took off in the opposite direction
“Thanks, man,” I offered, not even sure if he’d heard me
He froze, his shoulders shooting up with his hands shoved in his pockets “I didn’t do it for you” Whipping his hands out, he spun around “I’ht? Not the cheaters? Not the assholes who do whatever the hell they want Living it up with all those rich assholes who look down their noses at people like us” He charged back at me “Sure hope you like your vacation or new car or whatever other bullshit you spent it on” He spat the words out like barbs
And I got right in his face “You think you’re the only one dealing with shit?” My voice dropped to a growling whisper I didn’t need to broadcast my misdeeds all over the stadium “I took the money I didn’t spend it on any of that I spent it on a PI to track down my mom The one who dropped me off on my ex-con, soon-to-be-lifer dad’s porch when I was seven” A rolling, grinding anger that I couldn’t hold back shot forward
His head snapped back and he stared back at me The muscles in his neck worked overtime “Did you find her?” The sincere interest threw uard down around him
“Yeah, I found her” I lifted my chin “At the Dayton Meer and that let the pain right back in
“Fuck”
I tipped o shouting about people doing stupid shit just because they can, think about why so soI shouldn’t have done it, but I had to know”