Mistaking the Poison for the Cure
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The night before the West Coast League Championship, Logan's childhood sweetheart Maddie tried to dump a packet of cold medicine into his water bottle.
I snatched it away and warned her it contained a banned substance. He was a pro player heading into the draft. One positive test, and it's a lifetime ban.
She just smiled, sweet as sugar, and said I was only jealous of what she and Logan had.
She wouldn't listen, so I smashed the bottle on the floor. When Logan found out, he slapped me across the face in front of the entire team.
After the game, his fever wouldn't break. Maddie went live immediately, siccing her followers on me and releasing edited clips of my "torture-camp" training sessions. Overnight, I became the most hated agent in the country.
No one believed a word I said. In the end, one of Logan's rabid fans put a knife in me in a narrow alley.
When I opened my eyes again, I was standing at the supply table.
And Maddie's fingers were pinching that same damned packet.
I snatched it away and warned her it contained a banned substance. He was a pro player heading into the draft. One positive test, and it's a lifetime ban.
She just smiled, sweet as sugar, and said I was only jealous of what she and Logan had.
She wouldn't listen, so I smashed the bottle on the floor. When Logan found out, he slapped me across the face in front of the entire team.
After the game, his fever wouldn't break. Maddie went live immediately, siccing her followers on me and releasing edited clips of my "torture-camp" training sessions. Overnight, I became the most hated agent in the country.
No one believed a word I said. In the end, one of Logan's rabid fans put a knife in me in a narrow alley.
When I opened my eyes again, I was standing at the supply table.
And Maddie's fingers were pinching that same damned packet.


















































