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“Sorry to burst your bubble, Claudia, but there’s no boring housewife sitting at home, so I don’t understand what you’re talking about,” I reply with a smile. “And I doubt I’ll ever grow bored with her.”
She winces and takes a moment to come up with a response. She didn’t expect my answer. “You’ll have one eventually and then throw my sister away. I’m here to stop that.”
“It won’t happen, so do yourself a favor and stop worrying about Chloe. Pass your worries onto your children. Now, let’s go enjoy your son’s game.”
I walk away before she can respond and head toward the bleachers where Gloria and Chloe are waiting. I hand them their goods and take a seat next to Chloe. Minutes later, Claudia and a man sit down in the row behind us.
“Kyle,” Chloe says, gesturing to them, “this is my sister and her friend—”
“Myboyfriend, Roger,” Claudia corrects.
“Right, Roger,” Chloe replies.
I give them a nod. “It’s nice to meet you.”
Claudia gives me a cold glare. “Really, asshole? You going to act like we didn’t share words back there?”
Chloe earmuffs Gloria with her hands.
“No, I wasn’t going to mention you going nuts on me, but fine.” I move my gaze from her to Chloe. “Your sister is convinced I have an imaginary wife and need to stay away from you.”
Chloe’s face shades in embarrassment. I didn’t need to say her sister’s words for her to understand.
“Claudia,” she warns, “this is not the place for one of your scenes.”
Too late for that.
“I don’t want him or his stuck-up family around my children,” she snarls.
“Relax. He wants to help Trey stay out of trouble. Trey didn’t get a shoplifting charge because of Kyle. You should be thanking him instead of giving him a rough time.”
“Roger can help Trey stay out of trouble.”
I can’t stop myself from laughing, and I hold my hand over my mouth to hide it. I don’t do it well though. I can tell Chloe is biting her tongue from doing the same. Roger is the last person I’d want as a role model for my son. I’ve picked him up for petty crimes. Dude also has sticky fingers.
Claudia leans forward and sticks her head between Chloe and me. “He thinks he’s better than us.”
“No,hedoesn’t,” I correct.
“He doesn’t. Kyle is trying to help,” Chloe says. “Like I said, this isn’t the place.”
“It’s never the place to state my opinion with you. No one is allowed to embarrass precious Chloe and her perfect reputation.” She lets out a sarcastic laugh and fixes her attention on me. “Oh, wait, some asshole already tarnished your reputation. Now, you’re fucking him and making a fool of yourself. Don’t come running to me when you find out he’s using you for pussy.”
She sure puts a somber mood on shit.
Claudia was kind enough to raise her voice louder than the announcer, so all eyes are now on us. Chloe is pulling her jacket tighter around her body, and her eyes won’t meet mine—no doubt, out of embarrassment.
I stand. “I’ll go.”
Chloe brings her hand up to stop me. “No.” She glances over at Claudia. “Trey wanted Kyle to come. Let’s not disappoint him more than we already have, okay?”
“Wanted him to come?” Claudia says, appalled. “Okay, whatever.” Her glare turns to me. “Stay away from my children. This will be the last time my son will want to hang out with you after I tell him what you did to his aunt.” Her glare goes back to Chloe. “Here I am, trying to show up and be a good mom, and you do this.”
I ignore Claudia and focus on Chloe, forcing a smile before leaning in so that only she can hear me. “I’ll stay, but I’m going to watch from somewhere else.”
“Thank you,” she whispers.
I ignore Claudia’s shit-talking as I walk away. As I’m looking for a new seat, I spot Gage and Lauren in the stands. They exchange a confused glance when I sit down. I failed to tell them I was coming.
