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“What?” I could tell Cannon was shaking his head, trying to understand.
“A month or so back,” Wick insisted. “I can’t remember exactly when. You mentioned Annabeth, and said something about me losing my virginity to her our sophomore year.”
Say what?
In the hallway, I stumbled a step back, shock coursing through me. I gripped my head, trying to stop it from trembling when I began to shake it back and forth, wanting to deny his words.
My chest ached. My stomach churned. My vision blurred.
But how was this happening?
Topher and Annabeth had been bad enough to swallow. But Annabeth and Wick? Wick!
Oh God. No.
I didn’t even care that it had happened two years ago before he’d ever met me. It hurt.
“Yeah,” Cannon was mumbling with more confusion. “I remember mentioning it. Why?”
“So, we were in the locker room before practice and he overheard you. Remember that? Remember how surprised he sounded to learn that bit of news. When Nicholl heard you, he was extremely interested. He was like, Annabeth? Annabeth Winslow? You fucked Annabeth Winslow?”
“Right. Okay, yes, I remember,” Cannon agreed. “But what—”
“When did that happen?” Wick demanded. “When did he learn about it? Was it before or after the night he and Haven split?”
“Uh… I think it was before. Like, right…” His voice trailed off as he finally caught on to Wick’s meaning. “Fuck. It was right freaking before that.”
“Son of a bitch,” Wick muttered, kicking the bed. “Son of a fucking bitch. What if he—”
“You think Nicholl went after Annabeth and fucked her because he’d learned you’d already had her,” Cannon deduced. “Yeah, I get where you’re going with this. He probably thought you had some emotional ties to her or some such shit, since she’d been your first, so he nailed her in the hopes of upsetting you.”
Wick paused and spread his hands, staring at the phone. “Well? Do you think that’s a possibility?”
“Hell yeah, it’s possible. In fact, I almost guarantee you that’s why he fucked her.”
Oh…wow. In the hallway, I bent slightly at the waist and pressed my hands to my heart, trying to come to terms with what I was hearing. When something furry wound its way around my ankles, I jumped and looked down to find Bingley trying to get my attention.
Damn, I’d been so upset when I’d gotten home I’d forgotten to check on my baby. Needing her love right now, I picked her up and held her against my face. She licked my nose, and I squeezed my eyes shut as my throat went dry.
“Shit,” Wick was choking out from his bedroom. “Shit, Cannon… This is my fault. All my fault. He went after Annabeth because of me, and Haven caught him with her. Everything she’s been through these past few weeks is because of me. Because he had a score to settle with me.”
I shook my head even as Cannon answered, “What-the-fuck-ever, man. You didn’t force that asshole to shove his dick inside her roommate. That is because of him.”
“How the hell am I going to tell her?”
Cannon snorted. “Why would you need to tell her at all?”
Wick’s mouth dropped open. “Of course I have to tell her. Haven… She… I can’t keep something like this from her.”
“You haven’t even seen Annabeth in over two years. There’s no—”
“I don’t care,” Wick snarled. “If Haven found out and I hadn’t already told her, she’d never forgive me. I know her. She would want to know. I started this. I have to fix it.”
“You didn’t start shit. That prick has had it out for you since freshman year. Every chick you’ve ever acted interested in, dated, or breathed around he’s felt the need to fuck out from under you, just to mess with you.”
“Oh, trust me, I know.” Wick sat on the edge of the bed to cradle his head in his hands. “I just never figured out why.”
“Come on, you know why,” Cannon sneered bitterly. “I’ve told you why hundreds of times. He…is…jealous. He wants to be you.”
