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A beautiful woman turned her gaze on me and put her hand up like she was covering everything below my neck. “Oh, that’ll be easy. Do you want to find the dress?”
“More than I want a crappy orgasm tonight.” Kitty sighed. “Which is a lot.”
Jerry shook her head. “If someone had told me ten years ago that my two best friends would be a crazy senior citizen who dresses like Dolly Parton and a baby-faced coed who dresses like a nun, I would’ve laughed my ass off. Now look at me.”
My heart felt like it’d stepped into a little ray of sunshine. “I’m your best friend?”
“Don’t think about it too much. Just get hot and go scream at your men.”
Monica whistled. “Men?”
“Oh, sure, it sounds great. Having three men who take care of your every need and look like gods is wonderful. Until they decide todo what’s best for youand you get triple dumped.” I crossed my arms over my chest. “Let me tell you. Getting dumped by three men at the same time is rough.”
We were halfway into a conversation about breakups and stupid men when it occurred to me how easily I’d told a stranger that I’d been dating three men. I hadn’t had a moment of panic over what Monica might’ve thought of me.
It was confusing to be full of anger at the guys and so happy for myself at the same time. Iwasproud of myself, though. I’d lost it for a bit after that woman’s mean comment at the ice cream shop, but having Taylor’s dirty secrets outed to even one person set me free. Having that recording in my back pocket filled me with a confidence that he’d stolen. I wasn’t a whore. Like Kitty said, though, even if I was, there were far worse things to be. If the people in my life didn’t understand that, I didn’t want to be around them.
I could tell by Kitty’s face when I stood in front of a mirror at the end of my impromptu makeover that she thought I was going to panic and beg to change. I took my time looking at myself, really trying to see myself. The light pink dress Kitty picked matched Missy and had a sweetheart neckline and lace cap sleeves. It hugged my waist and then swung loosely around my hips. It made my body look sexy but there was still something playful about it.
My eyes looked more cat-like after whatever makeup magic Monica had performed. My mouth looked pouty and shiny in a pretty nude color. I felt strong and beautiful. She’d styled large waves into my hair and they hung down my back like golden silk. I swayed back and forth to watch the waves shine.
“What did you use? This is amazing.” I looked up at Kitty and rested my hands on my hips. “Okay.”
She threw her arms in the air and wiggled. “Yes! Little Kitty strikes back!”
I slipped my feet into the matching pink heels and after watching me take two steps, they were taken away and I was given a kitten heel in the same color. I glanced at myself one more time and smiled. “I’m going to find them and verbally throat punch them.”
57
***Olive***
IdroveKitty’scarto the stadium and parked in the back parking lot where the guys always parked. I saw all three of their vehicles there and knew from following their schedules before that football practice would’ve been ending any minute. Taking off my scarf without any fancy moves, I glanced in the rearview mirror and nodded to myself. I had the power of professional makeup and hair, the support of a retirement community, and a bottomless pit of anger. I was ready.
One of the players was coming out of the back door just as I got there so I slipped inside and made my way to the locker room. It was the same as always. There were women waiting around and guys slowly making their way out as they finished. I didn’t even consider waiting. I pushed my way into the locker room and strolled in the direction I’d found them the very first day.
“Woman in the locker room!”
I ignored the shout and stopped when I saw Caleb’s head stick out from a row of lockers. Turning in his direction, I watched his eyes sweep down my body and his jaw go slack. It emboldened me to finish what I needed to do.
All three of them were standing in front of their lockers, just out of the shower. They were all still wet and only covered by towels. Low slung towels that threatened to tantalize me, but I averted my gaze and cocked my hip out while crossing my arms under my chest. The move pushed my breasts higher and I watched their eyes snap to the hint of cleavage showing.
“I’ve got something to say to the three of you.”
Andrew took a step closer to me and I saw the bags under his eyes and the sheer exhaustion showing across his face. All three of them looked exhausted. For a second, I worried if Taylor had done something else to them but I forced myself to focus.
“You made your decision and you had your reasons. I’ll accept it, even if you couldn’t have tried less to come up with an alternative plan. Ihaveaccepted it.” Lie. “But so much of my anger at Taylor was for being a deadbeat dad. He constantly let Jesse down and seeing my son hurt because of a man’s shitty choice is infuriating. You three made Jesse feel loved and special. You treated him like he mattered. You made promises to him. And then you flaked.”
Caleb swallowed so hard I watched his adam’s apple bob up and down. “Olive,-”
I held up my hand. “No. I’m speaking. You hurt my son. You made choices no better than the ones Taylor made. He’s cried more over the three of you than he ever has over his father. He doesn’t understand what he did wrong and no matter how many times I tell him nothing, he doesn’t believe it. Then he wants to know what I did wrong.”
Jack shifted and looked like he was going to speak but I cut my eyes at him and he kept his lips sealed.
“I know one thing that I did wrong. Unfortunately, it’s too late for me to do anything about it. I trusted you with my son and for that, I’m a fool. That’s spilled milk at this point, though.” I looked at each of them for a beat. “You’re not going to hurt my son anymore than you already have. I’m not going to let you. He wants to see you and he’s going to see you. I’m not letting another man flake on him. You guys are going to come over and pick him up tonight. You’re going to do whatever he needs to feel better.”
They each perked up and I felt hope stabbing through my chest. Andrew nodded and stepped even closer. “We’ll be there, Olive. We-”
“That’s all I need to hear.” I backed up a step and then let out a humorless laugh. “I took care of everything. It took me less than twenty-four hours and I didn’t have to hurt anyone innocent for my plan to work. Dean Ardell should be contacting you guys, if she hasn’t already. Taylor confessed to setting you up.”
