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HAYLEY

Nope. This can't be real.

I'm half certain my sandwich’s been spiked with something and I'm hallucinating, because there's no way Shane has just willingly sat next to me and called me by name.

And worse… he's smiling.

His tall, large frame swallows the space around us, and a part of me contemplates bolting up and running away from here for no reason at all. I force down the sandwich in my throat. “Uh, hi,” I croak.

“You know, I didn't exactly peg you as the football type,” Shane says,
Charlie Eden

Ivy Watson has just entered the mix. A storm is coming. ⚡️

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