I Didn’t Do It
Chapter 24
Tammy’s POV
My life is in complete shambles. I can’t believe that Garrett found out I was the one who took
his football. He blocked me everywhere. I can’t call him or communicate with him. I can’t even
tell him that I wasn’t the one who made the video, as I was in jail for two days. I don’t care
what they say. They have no proof that I did it. My mom is on my case because Whitley got
brave after I was arrested. She filled my mom in on everything that happened at the frat party
while I was in jail. It was like she was trying to destroy me. Mom is furious with me now. She
is acting like she doesn’t even know me anymore.
Garrett wouldn’t even look at me at graduation. I didn’t find out until I got out of jail that Garrett found out I was the one who took his stupid football. He was now treating me like I was Addison. I went to her home the minute I got out of jail. I was going to make her take her
accusations back, but she was gone. Mrs. Pearson was happy to come over to tell me how badly I had messed up. No s**t, lady, I already figured that out.
This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. Getting Garrett to turn his back on Addison had been
so easy. His sister was so happy to join the team that she was willing to do anything to be friends with me. I planted the seeds, and Valerie was only too glad to go along. Once Valerie
backed me up, that was all it took. He was too angry to speak with her ever again.
All that anger over a stupid used–up football. My brother saw it in the back seat of my car on
the way to school one day and liked it, so I gave it to him. I never thought that Garrett would
ever find out. He rarely comes to my house, and my brother Taylor’s room is such a mess that I didn’t think he would see it. I was wrong.
I don’t know what happened. Addison had no one except her mother. Once she lost her, she
was on her own. I was so pissed off seeing Garrett making out with her. He was still mad at
her, so why was he with her? I knew he hadn’t gotten his stupid football back that day. So why was he in her house making out with her? He was never that passionate towards me. It was always just getting straight down to business with him: no kissing, no foreplay, no cuddling.
I saw an opportunity, and I took it. Hadn’t she just lectured me on closing the blinds? Well, it would come back and smack her in the face now. I made sure you couldn’t tell who she was with. I knew Garrett would be pissed if anyone knew he had been with her. I wasn’t worried about pathetic little Addison getting me back. She had no one left in her corner. I never thought that anyone would suddenly swoop in to save her. My plan was perfect but had been
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ruined within two days.
The day I got arrested at school, I was shocked. I was led to a police cruiser and humiliated in
front of the whole school. I kept my face down to prevent my picture from going viral. I had a
lot of enemies who would love to see me get arrested. So, I kept my face down to keep my
classmates from being able to get a good picture. I knew they were taking pictures because
that is what I would have done if I saw fellow students being arrested.
I did that purely for deniability. I would never admit that it was me. The next thing I knew, my
father came running up, trying to stop them from taking me. He yelled at them to release me, causing an even bigger scene. I don’t know how he thought he would be able to stop them. I’
saw Principal Carson and the district superintendent outside the school. I knew that they
allowed it to happen. It was not a coincidence that they were there.
The problem was that Dad mentioned my name several times. He thought they would release
me by telling them he was the school’s vice principal. He was making everything so much
worse. I knew my getting arrested was just Addison’s pitiful attempt to get back at me. I was
not worried about it. They had no proof against me at all. It could have been anyone that did it.
I knew there was a high probability of the blame getting placed on me. Addison didn’t have
any enemies other than me and my friends. I knew she would accuse me, but they would have
to let me go without proof.
I honestly thought I would be there for an hour or two tops. I was shocked to find out that they
had proof that I was the one who released it. I don’t know how they figured out it was me, but
they seemed adamant about it. I missed the next two days of school while my parents tried to
get me released. I was furious and headed straight for Addison’s house when I got out. I didn’t
care what my parents said. I was going to make her sorry for what she had done. None of this
would have happened if she hadn’t tried to take Garrett away from me. She only had herself to
blame for the bind she was in.
I assumed this whole thing would go away quickly. It should have been a slap on the wrist, as
this was my first offense. I had looked into what penalties I would get for releasing it, and it
was like a four thousand–dollar fine. I wasn’t worried about a fine. I knew my parents would
help me out with that. I would cry and swear I would never do anything like that again. I knew that once I told them that Addison had slept with Garrett to steal him away from me, they would be on my side.
The other option for the crime, which could be in conjunction with the fine, was more serious. But I doubted they would send an innocent young girl to prison for six months. It wouldn’t make sense. I didn’t belong there. This whole thing has gotten way out of control. I just wanted to make sure that Addison was ostracized. She needed to know her place and stay
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away from Garrett. He was mine. I worked way too hard to get him to lose him like this. But he avoided me like I had suddenly become a leper to him. What the hell?
I was getting even more worried as Tripp and Alden suddenly turned on me. I knew what they were going to do when they saw her. I had planted the idea in their heads and basically told them to do it. I told them she was doing just like the rest of us, and wanted to bag herself a football player. They were both surprised, probably because she was such a stuck–up snob. She didn’t date and avoided Garrett and his friends after he iced her out. After seeing her in
action, they both wanted to get their hands on her.
The weird thing is that even though they laughed over the years when I made fun of Addison, they still checked her out. They tried to do it on the down low, but I saw it. Even Garrett himself watched her. I saw his expression. He missed her. He wanted to be friends again, even after his football went missing. I saw how his expressions changed over the years. He wanted her,
but I had no idea why. She could never have been the woman he needed to have on his arm. She would have embarrassed him. She was not good enough for him. She could never make
him proud.
It wasn’t just Garrett who showed an interest in her. Half his teammates thought she was cute and wanted to date her. Garrett put his foot down and told them they couldn’t, so they backed
off. He didn’t need to do that. He warned them away from her because he still wanted her. I
broke things off with him two months later. I wanted to show him I was desired. He didn’t stand up for me like that. He didn’t try to shield and protect me. Why was he still interested in
her? She was beneath me, and Garrett needed to realize that. I refused to come in second
place to her fat ass. So, I made sure she got the message loud and clear. She deserved it, and
I made sure the message was received. He will beg me to come back soon.
My parents are barely speaking to me now. They refused to sell the house to help me get a
better attorney. Dad is worried about losing his job now. He is blaming me for making the
video and jeopardizing his job. I don’t see how that is true. Plus, there is no proof of me having
done anything yet. But my parents didn’t want to put the family ‘into a worse situation‘ than it
already was. So, I only have a public defender.
I can’t lose this court case. I refuse to do that. I need to get this past me and beg Garrett to take me back. Once he sees that I am innocent, he will forgive me. There is no way that they
can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was the one who did this. Once I am proven
innocent, whoever comes after me will get a taste of their own medicine. I will not let them go for putting me through this.
I had to make a side deal with my public defender. I can’t just leave this to chance. He has a
lot of clients. I had to ensure that he did the best job he could to get me out of this. I didn’t
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have any other way to get him on my side. He wouldn’t have been my choice, but he was assigned to me, and at least he wasn’t old. It was my only chance to make sure he did his best for me. But he has been distant and much more professional in the last week and a half.
He can’t backpedal on me now. I had proof of my ‘payments‘ to him. If I go down, he does too.
I need this matter to go away.
My only concern is that I suspect Tripp and Alden are about to throw me under the bus. If they
decide to flip on me, I am done for and in even more trouble. I heard their parents had both got
a great attorney, and they were using the same one. That is the reason I know they are in it
together now.
They completely blocked me and won’t take my calls. I tried to get my friends to plead with them to spare me, but they hung up as soon as my friends brought my name up. I even went to their homes to beg them to leave me out of it. I didn’t force them to do anything. I don’t want any more charges against me. Their parents kicked me out and told me not to come
back.
I know something terrible is coming. I can only hope that Daniel, my public defender, can get me out of whatever they plan to do to me. I’m not willing to serve jail time because I got that b***h back for trying to take my boyfriend from me.
