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can really use your help. You were always willing to help me back when we dated.”
    “Brandon, what we had is long over. You almost got me kicked out of school. I’d have no career. I would have never gotten into grad school. I could have lost my internship. I could have lost everything.”
    Brandon shook his head and laughed. “I know. I kept my mouth shut. I could have told everyone you knew exactly what was going on…and I didn’t.”
    “But I didn’t. I didn’t know a thing.”
    “Only you and I knew that…and I could easily do it again. Seems you only have a few months before you graduate. It would be a shame for something to change that.”
    “You asshole!” I clenched my fists and held back my desire to swing at him but I knew it was pointless. Brandon was much bigger and strong than me. It was my fault for always chasing the tall, fit and good-looking guys. Too bad this guy ended up with a propensity to cheat in life and at times on me. “What do you want from me?” I barked at him.
    Brandon nodded his head and smiled. “That’s better. I saw you on television the other day. You and your man, Chase. Seems he has a little bit of money that he likes to donate.” Brandon raised his eyes as he continued. “As I was saying, I started this little company and could use some seed money to get it going. I figured your boyfriend would like to give me a little to start out.”
    “Why the hell would Chase want anything to do with you or your company?” I could feel my face growing redder as the anger spilled over.
    “Because you’re going to suggest it…and I know just how persuasive you can be when you want something…can’t you Summer?”
    I took a step forward as I clenched my jaw tight and squinted my eyes, looking directing into his. “There is no way in hell I would ever do that for you. Never!” I hissed at him.
    “No Summer, you will…or you can forget about graduating, at least this semester. But, let’s say that my company somehow lands…let’s say twenty-five thousand in seed money…I’ll disappear without a trace.”
    “Have you lost your fucking mind? Why would you ever… how could you…?”
    “I’ll be in touch. One word of this to anyone and I promise you…you will regret it. Let’s just say I’ve perfected my computer skills a bit. It wouldn’t take much for me to hack into the school, or better yet, Velocity Capital, and release a few secrets.” Brandon smiled at me with a creepy, stalker-like grin and then turned towards the parking lot. “I’ll be in touch Summer.”
    I stood speechless as I watched him walk between the cars in the parking lot and disappear. Thoughts raced through my head as I made my way back upstairs to the apartment and found Alyssa sitting on the couch waiting for me.
    “Who was that? He was kind of cute. Are you cheating on Chase?”
    “ That was Brandon Porter, my ex.”
    “You mean the Brandon ? Like the one that almost got you kicked out of school Brandon. Why was he here?”
    I bit my lip as I debated what exactly I should tell Alyssa. I knew what Brandon was capable of and now wasn’t the time to play games. I needed a plan first. “He was just in town visiting some friends. He wanted to say hi and he was wondering whether there was some slim chance I had something of his he had given me while we dated.” I quickly looked away from Alyssa so the lie may not seem as obvious.
    “Really? And he’s asking for it what, two years later?”
    “That’s exactly what I told him.” I looked at Alyssa and it was obvious she didn’t believe my story, but I was sticking to it. “I think I’m going to take a nap and then study.”
    I headed to my room, shut the door and collapsed on the bed. My perfect life was about to fall apart.

Chase
    I started to wonder whether I had upset Summer by not asking her to stay over the night I returned from California. I knew things had gotten tense when I mentioned the project in Japan, but I had thought