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“Yeah. I did,” I say.

The police officer sighs, pulls his cuffs from his belt, and slaps them on my wrist.

Chapter 48

Ingrid

“What’s taking the guys so long?” Maya asks as she steals a maraschino cherry from my cocktail. “I thought they’d be here by now. The rest of the guys from the team are here.”

I glance around the bar area of Spanky’s. It’s crowded with most of the players from the Bashers, except for Del, Xander, Theo, and Blomdahl.

“I don’t know.” I grab my phone and check to see if I missed a text from Del, but there’s nothing.

When I look up, I spot Sophie walking into the bar. I wave at her. She comes over and hugs Maya and me. I hand her the alcohol-free drink I ordered for her earlier.

“One Sophie Splash for you.”

She smiles and thanks me.

“I still think it’s the cutest thing in the world how Xander asked the bartender to create an alcohol-free drink for you and put it on their menu,” I say to her.

She beams. “I still can’t get over it. Sweetest thing ever.” She takes a long sip. “Mmm, I needed that.”

I smile at her. “Congrats on the win, tonight.”

She laughs. “I did nothing.”

“You’re the team doctor. You keep those guys alive. Without you, they’d be in serious trouble.”

She smiles sweetly at me right as she checks her phone. “Xander’s calling me, one sec.” She answers the call. “Hey, where are you guys?”

A second passes and her smile drops. “Wait…Are you serious?”

Maya and I turn to look at her. Sophie’s angelic face twists in concern.

“Okay yeah, I’ll tell them…Text me when you figure it out, okay?…Love you too.”

Sophie hangs up and looks at me. “Del’s been arrested.”

I almost drop the drink in my hand, I’m so stunned. “What?”

A few of the guys on the team who heard what Sophie said turn around.

“Did you just say that Del got arrested?”

“Are you serious?”

“Wait, what happened?”

Sophie shakes her head. “Xander just called me and told me.”

Everyone goes quiet as Sophie tells us that after the game, Del got a call from his mom saying that his dad was chasing her on the freeway.

My stomach sinks to my feet. Oh my god…

“He was walking out to his car with Theo, Xander, and Blomdahl when he got the call, so they all went with him to help,” Sophie says. “Del was driving and caught up to his dad. He was walking toward his mom’s car, but Del jumped out and grabbed him.”

I clutch my hand to my chest, my heart hammering.

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