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The Volunteers game they got tickets for is next weekend and as much as I’m looking forward to it, I don’t know what’s going to happen with Hadley and her dad now staying with her.
I try to focus on the game, but it’s impossible. When we get to the last minute and the score is tied, I pray for a touchdown so we don’t go into overtime. Everyone in the crowd is cheering loudly on pins and needles as we watch the final seconds tick off the clock.
And somehow, with only thirteen seconds left in the game, Red Oak scores.
Thank goodness.
I can’t decide if I’m happier the game is over or if we won the game. It’s honestly a toss-up.
I laugh as most of the high school students storm the field, Hadley finding Weston immediately. My eyes narrow when he lifts her off the ground and spins her around before kissing her. A little too hard for my liking.
They talk for a few minutes and then she gives him another kiss and heads my way.
“They’re so gross,” Cody announces to me.
I laugh and rub his head.
“Ready?” Brooklyn asks when she steps up to us.
“Yup. You?”
“Yeah. I told Weston I needed to get home because Mom was there and he said he’d call me when the bus got back to town. They aren’t allowed to have their phones with them on the bus.”
“Sounds good. Let’s roll out, then.”
By the time we make it through traffic and get back to Red Oak, it’s a little after ten. I drop off Cody first then drive to Hadley’s.
The door opens when we pull into the driveway, Hadley stepping out onto the porch.
Brooklyn rushes to her, hugging her tightly before going inside, announcing she has to pee and also wants to see her grandpa.
“Hey, you.”
“Hi. They won?”
“Yeah. At the last minute.”
“Good game then.”
“I was pretty distracted, wanting to get to you, but yes, it was.”
“Dad’s inside.”
“Figured that much already when you told me he was going to be staying with you and that Brooklyn wanted to see him. What happened?”
“Mom. That’s what happened. Lied about everything. She’d been having an affair with Alastair and he gave her an ultimatum. Him or dad. She decided to try and set the two of us up and for some strange reason, he was on board with the idea. Guess he figured that’d still get him her. I don’t know.”
“Hate to even ask this, but the cancer?”
“All a lie. Can you believe that? There are people actually suffering from cancer,dyingfrom cancer and people burying their loved ones and she uses it as a reason for me to get home. I couldn’t believe it when she finally admitted it. Even for her, that’s pretty bad. All because she’s sleeping with a man who could be her son.”
“What the fuck?”
“I know. It’s crazy. Like I’ll be seeking therapy after today but it’s over. Dad is here for a few days but the house has been in his family for years so it’s his and he’s kicking her out. A guy from his security team is watching the house to make sure she doesn’t do something stupid. There was a lot of screaming and yelling on her part.”
“I bet. Is he okay?”
She shrugs her shoulders. “I think so. He’s obviously upset but he was level headed the entire day. Never once raised his voice until he realized all that she’d put me through just to get what she wanted. It’s not as if their marriage was based on love, but I always thought they at least cared for one another. When they married, she signed a prenup because even though her family had money, his had more and that’s just what they did. That’s what she’s mainly mad about. Money. It always comes down to money.”
