I still can’t believe Hayes risked his career for me. That’s the biggest nonlove love gesture that anyone’s ever done for me. “How much trouble were you in after the game?” I ask, worry beginning to set shop up in my mind. A sigh falls from his lips, heavy, as if crippled with weight. “Coach wasn’t happy about it, but I kind of expected that. It’s nothing that you need to worry about.” “Hayes, I don’t want to stand in the way of your career,” I murmur, trying to curb the guilt that wants to pinch tears from my eyes. Hayes inches open the slats in my fingers with his and merges our hands
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