Chapter 131. Long Time

Madeline’s POV

“Come on, Mads!” Mike yelled. “Left, right, left, right, duck!”

I did everything but ducked. Ellie slammed her body against mine and we fell on the mat. She pinned me down and grinned.

“You need to be faster,” she said and I groaned.

I wanted to be faster, but I was so tired already. I felt like we’d been doing that for hours.

“That was good, Mads,” Mike said. “But Ellie is right. You really need to be faster.”

Ellie let me go and stood up. I decided to stay down.

“Come on, Maddie,” Ellie said, extending her hand to help me get up. “Let’s go again.”

I shook my head. “Nope. I am done for today.”

I was panting hard and I was sweating out of every pore on my body. I couldn’t fight anymore. I wanted to go home, shower, and sleep.

“Maddie, you have to…” Ellie spoke, but Mike interrupted her.

“It’s okay, Ellie,” Mike said. “We’ve done enough for today. She shifted yesterday and she is tired.”

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