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“You have?”

“Of course I have. Mr. Porter is aware of the situation and assured me that anyone sharing it will be dealt with swiftly. The link has also been traced and removed. We can’t stop people from sharing their own copies, but there will be an announcement this morning outlining the punishment for anyone who does.”

“Oh my God.” Dread fills my chest.

“Now, I need to ask you something, and it isn’t… well, it isn’t something any father wants to ask of their daughter. But did Reese ever hurt you?”

“No, Dad. N-no. Everything we did was… consensual.”

“The photos… they didn’t look very—”

“Do we have to do this?” Shame burns through every inch of me.

“If I’m going to fix this mess, sweetheart, it’s important I’m armed with the facts.”

“It was a misunderstanding.”

“And more recently, the two of you have been… seeing each other?”

“Yes.”

“I see.” He strokes his jaw as if contemplating something.

“It wasn’t supposed to turn into something serious, but it did. At least, for me.”

“I don’t think it’s one-sided, sweetheart.”

“What?”

“Reese cares about you, Olivia. In his own strange way, he—”

“N-no. He did this. He did all of this.”

“He says he didn’t.”

“Did he also tell you he planned this, Dad? He wanted to make me fall in love with him and then break my heart and leave me. Leave town. All because you and Fiona…” The words stick in my throat.

“No, he didn’t. But it explains some things.”

“You have got to be kidding me? You’re taking his side?”

“Trust me, sweetheart, I am not taking his side. But you’re important to me. Both of you. And we have got to find a way to move forward. Now, is it possible that someone else leaked that footage?”

“It came from Reese’s internal school email.”

“He swears he didn’t send it.”

“I don’t know what to tell you. That footage is on his phone, Dad.”

“But it could be possible that someone else sent it?”

“I guess. But it doesn’t change the fact that while I was falling for him, he was planning to break my heart.”

“You’re right, it doesn’t. And that isn’t something I can fix so easily. Even if I could, Reese is promised to Abigail. Something Fiona is very unwilling to compromise on.”

“Why?”

“What?”

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