Page 136 of The Troublemaker
She answers the questions, and I write my number on the back of his business card, telling him to let me know when he and his brothers want to go to a game.
Hadley really is okay, and the truth is, I don’t even want to go to the game after this scare.I just want to hold her and touch her and keep her safe.
When we get back to the condo, we stop at the security gate.I push a strand of her hair from her face.“You’re really okay?”
“East, I’m fine.GO!”
I kiss her, allowing my lips to linger on hers.
Then she pushes me away.“Go.”
I step back.“We’re picking that up when I’m done rocking it on the field today.Making plays that make you hot.”I wink, and she smiles at me.
“A double play might do it.”
“Maybe a home run.”I continue walking backward, not wanting her out of my sight.
“Watch out.”She points behind me where a big swarm of Colts fans are about to swallow me up.
“Until tonight,” I say.
“Until tonight.”
I turn and sprint away, heading to the player entrance, an apology for Ripley prepared in my head.
I get to the locker room, and Ripley isn’t happy.The team’s already dressed in their uniforms.I missed all the warm-ups and batting practice, and I’m probably going to get benched, but it was worth it.
“Where were you?”Hayes asks.
“Hadley was in a car accident.”I go to my locker and strip out of my street clothes.
“Is she okay?”Hayes asks.
“She is, but it was the scariest thing ever.I mean, I thought she was really hurt.”
My buddies all look at one another and turn back to me.
“What?”I ask, pulling up my pants and fastening them and my belt.
“I hear wedding bells,” Hayes says.
“They already rang, remember?”Foster deadpans.
“Leave it to Kodiak to say I do before I love you,” Decker says.
I stand with my jersey half buttoned.
Love.Fuck.That’s a big word.Is that what this is?
ChapterFifty
Hadley
Icatch Easton as he comes out of the shower.
Tanner is napping, and Easton has to leave for an away series in half an hour.He grabbed his clothes to change in my room before we put Tanner down.We’ll have to address the room situation at some point.
The minute he comes into the room and shuts the door, I push him against it.His phone topples to the floor.
