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niversity gym hallway and shoved them into my heavy black trash bag. A sour
ion and save for the new phone my boyfriend, Dalvin Bird, kept asking for. He'd sen
jaw and dragged the heavy load toward the recycling cart by the s
edge of the bag. The abrupt resistance yanked my arm backward, thro
of the varsity football team and the richest bully in the Alpha Zeta fraternity,
his varsity jacket pockets a
rl, you're bl
my chest, silently let go of the knot, and tried to s
e hard, kicking the bag completely open and sending do
y foot s
ology, and his crew immediately b
into my palms, forced another deep breath into my lu
elling wad of fabric slapped straight across my cheek and
t-soaked football socks Kraig had just peele
ch, go to the locker room and take the r
that expected zero pushback f
er, stood up straight, and lo
janitor's jo
y personal space, his dark
l because of financial aid handouts. Letting you run m
llowing the bile in my throat, I bent down, picked up the filthy socks,
ly, and the exhaust fan hummed a low, monotonous tune. I sped u
heavy wooden door was left slightly ajar. Breathless
a familiar, low male voice froze m
if your trash-picker girlfri
e dripped with t
rthy of wiping your shoes. Every time I touch he
r my head like a bucket of ice
dirty socks slipped from my numb
row gap in the door. In the dim light, two tangled
ed stilettos that belonged to Delina Workman,
tom jersey I had worked three months of night shifts to b
you finally
ing her manicured arm
ulty recommendation letter for the grant thi
d my heart so hard I couldn't draw a breath, and every memory of skipping
inside my chest, burning awa
, the ache in my eyes h
ised my foot and kicked the half-ope

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