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So, where did that leave me?
Looking like I regularly yelled at unsuspecting, innocent women in parking lots.
So, last night, with their help—including Jillian’s—I constructed an apology to post to social media.
Apologizing for my actions.
Promising to do better.
Fuck.
Me.
On the way home, I swear I nearly kept driving instead of taking the exit.
Ninety-nine percent of me wanted to keep on going until I hit my cabin in the mountains.
Run away from all of this bullshit.
Retire.
And never look back.
But the other one percent knew I couldn’t do that.
Not yet.
I wasn’t ready to hang up my skates. I loved my career and I’d worked way too hard to get where I have.
Most guys would give their right nut to be where I am right now. And I wasn’t about to give it up because of this mess I’d gotten myself into.
So now, in order to save face, Jillian and I were supposed to fake a friendship.
For the sake of the team.
And our own reputations.
That was what Marcel and Angelique wanted. And whatever the owners wanted—the owners got.
Fuck.
Me.
They were the ones who’d laid down a gazillion dollars to start not one—but two new franchises.
After I got home last night, I heard a knock at the door.
When I opened it, Gigi and Lexi walked in. “Hello, ladies. What can I do for you?” I asked, wondering what the hell they were doing at my door this late at night.
Gigi started talking first. “We just grilled Jillian. But she won’t talk.” Her eyes narrowed and she leaned in. “What were you yelling at her about in the parking lots?”
Ah. I see. It was my turn to get grilled for information.
I crossed my arms. “That’s between us. Is there something else you wanted? Otherwise, I need to get to bed.” I jerked my head toward the hallway.
Lexi stepped up and stood beside Gigi. “What we need, Clemens,” now she leaned in, “is for you to tell us what you guys were fighting about.”
I tilted my head and put my hands on my hips. “Look, I appreciate you guys having Jillian’s back. But those were private conversations. I’m not proud of how I acted during either of them. I apologized for my part in that.”
