Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

The officer switched the call to speaker, putting on his best friendly-bro routine. "Devin, man, sorry about last night. Things got a little out of hand-I totally forgot to send you that video."

The guy on the other end took the bait right away. "Hurry up! I want that bitch Carolyn's reputation ruined! Did you set her up with six guys, just like I asked?"

The officer kept it rolling. "Of course. I'll send you the video now."

"Do it!" The man hung up before anything else could be said.

Allison and Carolyn exchanged a look.

Whoever was on the other end clearly wasn't close to the phone's owner- probably just working together for this one thing—so he hadn't even noticed the different voice.

Unbelievable, Carolyn thought. What an idiot.

The officer wasted no time running the number through the police system.

He turned to Carolyn. "The phone's registered to someone named Devin. Do you know him?"

Carolyn's eyes widened. "Devin? He used to be the deputy manager in my department. I fired him a few days ago."

been paid off by Devin, and your so-called friend was in

whisper. "How could this happen... Cindy... why would she do this to

***

The video never came.

they caught the mastermind, the whole case fell

They couldn't let go of the grudge after Carolyn fired them, so they

out to Carolyn's fake friend, Cindy, and offered her thirty

who'd been a project manager for years and made over eighty thousand a

Carolyn-usually so strong-finally

did you help them hurt me? Wasn't I good enough to you?" Her voice trembled

know I was wrong, please, please forgive

"Cindy, we've been friends for years. If you needed money, why didn't you just ask

know, I know, I

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surgery, he's

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