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I’m fairly sure I missed the point Ronnie was trying to make with his story, but no matter. Now all I can think of is how nice it would be to have my cock sucked. But the idea of going out to find some woman to hook up with doesn’t hold any appeal to me.
Now if it were Adeline… I’ve been kind of hoping she’d be up for messing around again once she got cleared by the doctor, but thus far, she’s indicated no interest in repeating what we did right before she delivered.
“Thanks for sharing. Oh, and we appreciate the team basket. Flowers were beautiful.” Adeline had wanted me to thank them.
“You’re welcome, but your baby mama already sent a thank you card three weeks ago. She’s a good one. Don’t fuck it up.”
“I can’t. We’re not a couple.” I stand from the couch.
“All right, here’s my last piece of advice. The season is hard, as you know. You’re traveling, you’re training, you’re practicing. There isn’t a lot of free time. If you really want to be close to your daughter, find a way to get her down here. With your schedule during the season, you can’t be commuting out there with the cows.”
“Thanks, funny man.” I walk to the door.
“Plus, I’ve been told you should have done more training in the offseason. Your conditioning wasn’t up to snuff. You’re lucky your GM is such a nice guy and understands you just had your first baby.” He winks.
Disappointment washes over me. I did what I could before Clover was born, but afterward, I just couldn’t do as much as I wanted. Well, I guess I could have, but that would have meant not being there to support Adeline and my newborn daughter.
“Thanks, Ronnie.” I knock on the door frame as a goodbye and leave.
His words haunt me as I walk to my room. I’m due to review film in an hour, so I figure I’ll sneak in a FaceTime call to Adeline before I do that.
Adeline’s face lights up the screen. “Hey! Oh wait, it’s not me you want to see.”
She puts the phone in front of Clover, and damn, my heart skips a beat as soon as her adorable face comes on the screen. I love her so much it hurts. Like a literal ache in my chest.
“Hey, girlie.”
I smile wide at her, and Clover smiles back. I don’t care what anyone says, it’s not gas. Then she wiggles on the blanket Adeline has set on the carpet underneath her. Adeline’s fingers tiptoe up her chest, and Clover makes that sweet cooing sound I love so much. My chest squeezes because I’m not there.
What is wrong with me? Football has always been my life. Number one, never questioned. Sure, I love my parents and my family, well maybe not Ollie as much—he has some growing up to do—but I’ve always wanted to be playing, always put it above anything and anyone else, and now this eleven-pound beauty owns me.
“Hey, do you think we can talk when I get back? Maybe you could come down to the apartment?” I ask.
“You want me to return to the scene of the crime?” She laughs and turns the camera to face her, as if I didn’t know she’s joking. “Why?”
“I figure it’s about time you officially meet my friends, and I’ll have to stay there more. I’ll send a car for you.”
“I can drive. Are you okay?” She frowns. “You seem… different.”
“Just tired. Camp really works me hard, especially since I slacked a little during offseason.” I smack on my best convincing smile, but I’d be lying if I said that what Ronnie said hasn’t gotten my mind twisted up. That, and being away from the two of them.
“Okay, just give me the time and day. Not like I have a lot of plans for the rest of the summer. I did want to talk to you about what we’re going to do when school starts up again though. Probably time to start adulting.”
I laugh. “Fuck, I’ve done more adulting in the last six months than any other time in my life.”
She shakes her head. “You wanna wait for tonight or do it now?”
“Let’s do it now. There’s no one here, and I don’t want to listen to their shit if they find out what I do every night.”
She makes a tsk sound. “Damon, it’s sweet. Do you know how many women’s ovaries would explode if they could watch you do it?”
I only care about one woman’s, but I can’t tell her that. “Yeah, yeah.”
“Let me get her ready.” She puts down the phone, and I dig into my suitcase to grab what I need on my end.
“Okay, Daddy’s here again.”
Clover’s face comes into view again, and now she’s in her bouncy seat, eyes wide open.
