Twenty Freaking Seconds

Hadley’s POV

Twenty seconds.

Twenty freaking seconds.

The agonizing sound of Brooke’s harsh voice played on a relentless loop in my brain. The digital image of that damn stopwatch burned behind my eyelids every time I blinked. I could still see the glowing red numbers. I could still feel the stinging humiliation coating my skin like the chlorine from the pool. Brooke’s raised brows and sneeri