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Tansy giggles, Ronin clears his throat, Hadley smacks my arm with a cringe, and Tesco’s mouth drops open before he bitches, “Shut the hell up. I should arrest you just for that remark alone.”

I roll my eyes. “Empty promises. I said nothing false. Are we done here?”

Ricky narrows his eyes at me as Hadley says, “Thanks again, Ronin. You’re awesome.”

Ronin looks up from his phone. “No sweat, Hadley. I know Finn will love it.”

Ricky grins. “And here comes baby number two.” How gross that he’s proud of Finn Wilder’s ability to rub his nub against a pussy and violate an egg.

Hadley widens her eyes as Ronin slides some creams toward her to take home. “Uh, no. I can’t until after my next fallopian tube surgery. He knows this.”

Ricky puts his arm around Hadley’s shoulders. “What are you waiting for? You know Finnigan wants to plant another seed.”

I groan, “Like he doesn’t plant one every night in the shower.” I’ll die fucking overjoyed if I never think about Wilder whizzing his jizz again.

Hadley scowls at me. “I’ll have the surgery after our softball season. I want to go to the Bahamas.”

“Smart move,” I mumble, surprised she’s putting a vacation above Finn Wilder’s urge to reproduce.

Leaving, I shoot a smile at Tansy, who rakes her gaze over me. Maybe even riskier, I say, “Talk to you later, Tanz.”

Ricky’s eyebrows yank together into a unibrow. I head for the door so he doesn’t have time to mock me for something else.

However, Hadley says, “Thank you for being here, Rod!”

I stop as I grab the door handle, avoiding eye contact with her since Ricky will run to Wilder about every move I make, no matter how stupid. “Yep. See you at practice tomorrow.”

Tesco squeals, “Bye, Rod!”

Watch out, fucker.

Chapter 4

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BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, the toll of not eating or sleeping has caught up with me, and I’m a frayed wire. Parking my BM-Fuck-You on the street behind Val’s red Buick, I’m early as I head to our usual field.

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