Page 53 of Let's Call a Truce
Katie and Morgan turned their attention back to me. “So who all is coming?”
“Just your families, plus Sophie’s best friend, Paris, and her dad.” Dani choked on her water next to us, coughing and hitting her chest.
“Her mom can’t make it?”
“Um, I’m not sure what the deal is with her mom, but it’ll just be her dad today.” I didn’t want to speculate about Ben’s private life. I mean, I might privately speculate about Ben’s love life and Paris’s mother, but I didn’t want to do it with them.
Katie and Morgan shared a look that said they would very much like to speculate, so I cut off their next line of questioning by turning my back on them and toward the game.
After they walked back to their husbands, I turned to my friends with pleading eyes. “Please come today.” Asia stared at me for a second before busting out laughing.
“I love you, honey, but the last thing I want for my Saturday is to be stuck with women who can’t carry on a conversation that doesn’t have to do with their kids, while you try to avoid the fact you slept with Ben.”
“I’m sorry, WHAT?” Dani screamed, drawing attention from the parents and even a few of the players out on the field. I shushed her, waving awkwardly at the other parents. “First: finally. Second: I can’t believe you told her and didn’t tell me.”
“You know I didn’t tell her because we weren’t talking, so stop freaking out. I’m not the one with the big mouth.”
“The real question of the day is does he have a big d—”
I cut her off. “Oh my god, psycho! We’re at a children’s soccer game!”
“Fine, let’s make a deal. I won’t finish my sentence, but you have to answer it.” Her smile was wicked.
“It all progressed fast, so I didn’t get a good look.” It was a shame. I should have taken my time with him if it was my only chance. “But…”
“But…?” Dani and Asia said at the same time.
I chewed on my lip as I picked at a piece of imaginary lint. “I did get a good feel.”
Dani clapped her hands. “I knew it! He has total BDE.”
“God, this is a mess. What am I going to do?” I dropped my head into my hands.
Asia sobered up a bit at my desperation. She ran her hand up and down my back. “He is an amazing guy, Juliana. I know this is the first time you’ve had feelings for someone since you lost Jason. I don’t want you to miss out on something special, but please don’t hurt him, either. He’s been through a lot.”
I looked over at her. Her light brown eyes were swimming with a sadness I didn’t understand. I wished, like many times before, that she wasn’t so damn loyal and more willing to share his secrets.
“Been through wha—?” I started to ask.
“No,” Asia said firmly, and I felt guilty for doing what I’d just promised her I would stop doing. “I hope you two sort everything out, but I refuse to be a go-between. I’m not going to risk ruining my relationship with either of you, and if you can’t figure it out on your own, it wasn’t meant to be to begin with.”
Dani had gone suspiciously quiet, her nose buried in her phone.
“I swear to god, Danielle Taylor, if you are texting people about this, I will murder you,” I said.
“I’m not texting.” Her eyes flicked back and forth between me and her phone.
“Then whatareyou doing?”
“Thinking.”
“Helpful. Thinking about what? I don’t trust any of what’s going on over there.”
“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
“Don’t try to distract me withStar Warsreferences.” I fought the quirk in my lip when she sighed dramatically.
“Fine. I’m trying to figure out which one of you I’m more jealous of.”
