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"I committed to tutoring you for the rest of this season." I smiled. "And I'm honoring that commitment. I will tutor you until the season is over."
"And after?" He raised a brow.
"That's all I can give you, Maddox." I shrugged. "We are friends." I cleared my throat.
"And what about last night?" He shoved his hand through his thick, dark hair.
"Look, I didn't want to get into this here, but that probably shouldn't happen again."
He laughed. Who was I kidding? No one. It would happen again even if I tried to fight it.
"Friends with benefits, I guess, but that's all I can give you."
His lips curled into a smile as he nodded. "If that's all I get, then I'll take it."
FORTY-SEVEN
MADDOX
Nine hours.
That's how long Karly had been working on clearing any evidence that those videos ever existed from each and every device. It made my stomach roll at the thought of Asher sending that video out to everyone on the team—well, everyone but me.
Glancing at my watch, I realized Addison had been gone for over an hour. She'd said she needed air, and since we were all hungry, we sent her for pizza. I imagined it was all overwhelming for her, the thought of guys she tutored every day having those videos, but so far, the only devices with the videos were Ashers, and they were gone now.
"That's it," Karly announced proudly, falling back in her seat. "That's all the devices here; only one had the videos."
"So that's it?" I pushed out of my chair.
Karly nodded.
"Almost," Maddy sighed. I narrowed my eyes. "There's still the boyfriend, or well, ex-boyfriend."
"Who?"
"I don't know who he is." Maddy shrugged. "I just know he threatened her with the videos."
"Are you talking about Coach?" I muttered.
"No, Maddox," Maddy scowled. "I'm talking about the douche that just dumped her and threatened to use those vid..." She trailed off, her face falling in realization. "Wait, is it Coach?" It hit us at the same time that we were talking about the same thing. Coach was her ex, and he'd threatened her.
I was going to get kicked off the team and out of school when I get back. I'd promised Addison I wouldn't do anything as long as those videos were out there to hang over her head, but once the videos were gone, so was that promise.
"Pizza," Addison called from outside the doorway, and when she stepped through, all eyes were locked on her. "What's up?" She pinched her brows together, sensing we were talking about her.
"We're done," Karly said a little too quickly.
"Well, almost," Maddox said.
"Yeah," Maddy interrupted. "There's one more."
"Who?" Addison asked. Maddy's eyes shifted to me, and Addison's followed.
"Me?" I pointed to myself. "I deleted everything after Addy left." My gaze shifted to Karly. I hadn't wanted to because it was all I'd had left of her, but I didn't want to risk anything else getting out there.
"He did." Karly sighed. "I was with him when he did it." Addison narrowed her questioning eyes on Karly, but whatever question she had, she didn't ask.
"But here," I said, pulling my phone out of my pocket and holding it out to Addison. "Check. My laptop and tablet are back at the apartment if you want to go through those, too."
