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My mind couldn’t process all this fast enough, and I don’t know how long I lost myself in thought for. Minutes felt like hours.
I needed to go with my instincts. “Aires, I can’t?—”
“You can,” a familiar voice chimed in, yanking our attention to Aires’s agent, Thomas.
What the hell?
This was like an episode ofThe Twilight Zone.
I didn’t have time to give it much thought when Thomas suddenly appeared beside us. This only added to my afflicting thoughts of where this was going,fueling my emotions all over again.My head pounded, spinning with every sentiment known to man, mixing in with all my unraveling thoughts and questions.
Aires asked him, “What are you doing here?”
“I’m here for you. It’s what I’ve been trying to tell you, but you’ve been blowing me off.”
Aires eyed him skeptically as he grabbed the iPad from his suitcase.
“What’s going on?” Bailey questioned.
“I need to show you both something.” He quickly pressed play on the screen for the video.
“What the fuc?—”
Robert didn’t finish his words, hearing his voice on the recording like we all were.
“Bailey was on drugs, hooking up with Aires the night he got arrested.”
I gasped, bringing my hand up to my mouth.
“This is the footage from that night. I was able to buy it off the owner of the house. Cost me about a hundred grand, so how much is it worth to you?”
The host of TMI laughed, throwing his head back. “You’re a rat bastard, but I love you for it. I’ll pay whatever you want for that evidence.”
“I have more.”
In less than a minute, Robert confessed to all the information leaked about Aires and me last month. If I thought my head was spinning before, this was a whole other level. I felt as if the space was closing in on me, which was crazy since we were on an open beach without walls.
I just remembered to breathe.
In and out.
Taking a deep breath, I had to try and remain calm while the floor was being ripped out from under me by the man I least expected to ever do this to me.
Oh my God. How could I be so blind?
Robert immediately countered, “Bailey, I’m being framed. That’s AI.”
I closed my eyes; I had to. Hearing him try to lie and manipulate me again made me feel like I was on the brink of insanity. The balls on this man. I thought back to everything he had said to me over the years, how much he had always had my back when he was the one who threw me under the bus.
I’m a fool.
Robert didn’t waver. Coming right at me, he spewed, “This is bullshit!”
Unable to control my emotions any longer, I roared, “You piece of shit! I trusted you! How many things have you leaked to the press over the years?!”
“Robert.” Capri shook her head. “Wait until I tell the team what you’ve done. You’ll never work in this town again.”
He jolted back, stunned and blown away.
