Chapter 35
During the last game of the season, Brooklyn looked over at Dustin running across the field and grinned. It had been a wonderful but surprising few months. Their relationship was still a secret, and he’d been right to keep it so. There was a media frenzy over the incident with Hayden and Alex, and if her romantic relationship had been part of the conversation, it would have made things much more difficult to bear.
But, after each horrible event—the squad’s and team’s reaction, the media coming after her, the courtroom trial—Dustin was there waiting to comfort her. Because he was part of the incident, he was there in the courtroom when she gave her testimony, and having him close and knowing he was there helped her get through it. Now that Alex and Hayden were both in jail and
