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claimed to have a source within the Griffins, from the stadium. Someone there gave her
the means to take that photo and verify her sources for the article.
She also managed to get this here at the crack of dawn, Brian warned. You might
want a lawyer to talk to her.
I ll do what I can, she promised. This isn t right. Kyran and I have a right to
date.
Normally, I d agree with you. Manny walked up, tapped her on the shoulder.
For what it s worth, I did talk to the superintendant before you arrived. I told him you
were a fine coach and teacher.
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Ha, isn t it ironic that a member of the school board is my ex? Anna laughed
bitterly.
Until Kyran, she never told anyone about finding Will with his grad student. She d
thought she was the reason he d cheated, had been embarrassed. He was a political
science professor at a local college and joined the school board before they d broken
their engagement. He was still on the board as a silent way of getting back at her for
giving back his ring.
Maybe he ll come to bat for you, Brian suggested.
I doubt it. Anna didn t want Will s help. Fact was, she d have to see him and the
board Monday. She d deal with him then.
Right now, she had a piranha to catch and stop. The men left her to make some
calls. She had no idea how long she worked, but by the time she talked to a lawyer, the
locker room was filled with students.
Manny and Brian kept the boys from the office. From time to time, they looked in,
stared, poked at each other. She couldn t hear their whispers, but knew they were
talking about her. The football team knew about the story.
The day after her first night with Kyran had turned into a freakin disaster.
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Kyran was ready to punch a wall!
The article in the paper was a catalyst that had him and Alex turning away
interviews. If they d wanted to talk to him, he could have written up a statement
repudiating Brenda s take on his relationship with Anna. He d admit they were dating,
but the rest was not up for speculation or reporting.
But rag magazine paparazzi wanted to interview Anna to find out how she d gotten
him. Worse, he d gotten a text from Seville on his cell phone half an hour ago.
He hadn t heard from her in months. He d spent the better part of the summer in
California, ten miles from Seville s trendy Beverly Hills condo. He d avoided crossing
her path and refused her calls when he was in there.
Here she was, texting him again. With a few easy clicks, he blocked her from
contacting him. He couldn t deal with Seville when Anna needed him more.
He was falling in love with his school teacher. In one night, they d made up for the
time he d been in Los Angeles. He d had to stay there for rehab, but they could have
worked out a way to see each other if he d gotten off his ass and asked her out again.
Kyran had been wrong about that. He wasn t going to back out now or make the
same mistakes.
Kyran, tell me about this picture, Alex said, breaking into his thoughts.
Think it s obvious, Alex.
Okay, it is. But in the locker room?
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Told you, Anna s one of the team mascots, part time. I d found out she was
working last night s game and went to find her. We were alone, things got carried
away.
This is the woman you d met late last winter.
Yeah.
The same one who gave you the wrong number, Alex said.
What s the point? Kyran didn t like the questions.
You sure she didn t set you up? Alex asked.
No, fuck no. Anna s not like that. He knew Alex had been burned in a
relationship when he d gone to Europe. Since he was a few years older than Phalen or
Kyran, he d graduated before them and suddenly needed to explore the world. But
whatever happened to him then, he refused to talk about it. Unfortunately it made him
seem distant when he really wasn t and neither Kyran or Phalen pressed for answers. If
he ever offered, they d listen.
You say that with conviction, yet here you are on the front page. How d it happen
that you were in that room and a photo came out this morning?
We heard a click. I was dodging Brenda when I got there, she could have followed
me. She followed us halfway home last night, remember?
You really like this one, huh, Alex stated more than asked.
Anna s amazing.
Alex was Kyran s polar opposite in an Italian business suit, short blond hair and
clean-shaven face. When he went in to make a deal or talk to a client, he was always
dressed as Alexander Grant, professional from head to toe. Whatever happened when
he d been in Europe had hardened him, but he was a competent, business-savvy agent.
So how d this picture come about? That s what I want to know, Alex said.
Looks to me like Brenda took it from the door.
You d mentioned a break-in at the stadium. Maybe she tripped the alarm to catch
you two alone. She s tenacious, I ll give her that.
Maybe, makes sense. A guard came and got us later, he was a nice guy. Let s call
the stadium and talk to him.
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