What if I can’t change?
What if I can’t be with him the way he wants me to be?
What if I’m just...broken?
Chapter 30
Landon
“Oh, shit.”
I glance up at Sloane, then my eyes swing toward the door.
Oh, shit.
I pat my patient’s ankle. “Go through your exercises, and I’ll be back.”
Striding toward the door to the clinic, I paste on a smile. “Hi, Mrs. Morales. What can I do for you?”
She crosses her arms over her chest. “I wanted to speak with you in regard to the situation with Jayden.”
She says the wordsituationlike there’s a cockroach problem at her house, instead of her daughter experiencing one of the most important moments in her life.
I hold up my hand to stop her. “I don’t think there’s anything left to say.”
In the matter of three days, the woman has spoken with the principal, the superintendent of our district, and the local news station.
Pretty sure she’s said all she can say at this point.
Mrs. Morales purses her lips. “This doesn’t need to involve you. My problem is with Ms. Morgan.”
I cross my arms over my chest. “Yet here you are at my job.”
“I’m here to propose a solution to this.”
I arch a brow as my suspicion only grows.
Mrs. Morales lowers her voice. “If Ainsley steps down as head coach, and you take over for varsity, then I’ll drop this whole thing.”
I fight the urge to roll my eyes. She has to be kidding me.
“That’s not a solution,” I say.
She coughs out a laugh. “How is it not? I get what I want, and Ainsley gets to keep her job at the high school. That sounds like a fair compromise.”
“That’s not a compromise. That’s you dictating your demands in a place where you have no right to.” I drop my arms to my sides, my irritation growing by the second. “And where’s Jayden in your solution? He should be at the top of your priority list, making sure he feels supported throughout this. Instead, you’re running around town stomping your foot like a petulant child.”
Her eyes widen as she staggers backward. “I will not have you speak to me this way.” She points her index finger in my face. “You don’t get to tell me how to raise my child. That is none of your business.”
“And you don’t get to tell Ainsley to step down as coach. She’s extremely good at her job, and those kids are lucky to be under her leadership.”
Mrs. Morales pauses as something flickers in her eyes. “Oh, I see what’s going on here.” She smirks like a villain. “I wonder what the fraternizing rules are when it comes to coaches at the school.”
I roll my eyes. “Yet another thing to distract you from being a good mother to your child.”
Her cheeks turn red as she clenches her jaw. “This isn’t over.” Then her eyes cut to my right. “Who are you? What are you doing?”
Sloane steps out from behind the corner, holding up her phone. “Just taking a video of you making threats at my establishment.”
