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“We’ll be in touch.”
Wes pulled out of my hold. “What about Veronica?”
“We’re bringing her into the station.”
“She told me she’s been stalking me,” he said.
“What?” Win and I yelled.
Wes nodded. “Looking in the windows at my house at night. Following me to a party… She thought she could convince me I wasn’t gay.”
Both officers flushed, looking uncomfortable. “Why don’t you get out of here before we bring her out?” Officer Paul offered.
“I want a restraining order,” I demanded.
“You would be well within your rights to request one,” the officer told Wes.
Wes chewed his lower lip. “Is that really necessary?”
“Yes!” everyone in the room (except the officers) shouted.
He slumped. “Okay. I’d like one.”
“You can come down to the station tomorrow and sign the paperwork.”
Wes nodded.
I put my arm around him, guiding him away. Everyone else followed us outside.
“Thanks for the clothes,” Wes said, turning to hand Ryan and Jamie their sweatshirts. Then he held Win’s out.
Win shook his head. “Just use it in the car.”
“There’s heat in the car.”
“I said use it,” Win snapped.
I gave him a warning glance, but he ignored it, and Wes nodded.
“You want us to come to the hospital with you, bro?” Jamie offered. Both girls nodded instantly.
“No,” he said. “Really. I’ll just get poked with a needle and then go home.”
“Are you still really cold?” Madison worried.
Wes smiled. “The coffee helped.” He turned to his bros. “See you at practice in the morning.”
“Hell no!” I fumed. “You can’t go to practice.”
Wes’s eyes fired to mine. “I am. I will. I will not let that asshole Rinkin keep me out of the pool. I’ve already missed too much.”
I started shaking my head.
“Max,” Wes said calmly. Deadly. “I said I’m going.”
“Fine.” I relented. I knew I wouldn’t win, and I wasn’t going to stand here and argue with him. He’d been through enough. He wanted to swim? Fine. I’d sit in the bleachers and make sure his ass didn’t drown.
Stubborn fish.
