Page 107 of His Team

The air has become cool wherever they have taken me. I can feel it ripping through my T-shirt and biting into my skin. I don’t dare to think of where we are. I’m trying to stay focused on getting back home to my girls.

I was in such shock when Kayleen told me she is having my baby. It hurt to see her pregnant and to think she had moved on and forgotten about me—but then she said it was mine. I wish I would have known what she thought happened.

Between graduation and getting ready to be drafted to play basketball, I hadn’t had the time to track her down and find out what was really going on. Then came the news that she and Cam had gotten married. I was devastated.

Suddenly, the fabric covering my head is ripped off. I find myself standing on the edge of a rooftop. I go to step back, but someone tugs at me to keep me where I am.

I turn my head as my eyes begin to focus. Staring back at me is a guy with cold brown eyes. He almost looks like a demon.

He stares at me and I duck back. My hands are tied so I can’t defend myself and if I move too much, I’m going over the edge. I don’t know what this bastard wants, but he’s got my back up against the wall.

“You have been fucking the little white girl, haven’t you?”

“What?” I ask in confusion.

I haven’t been fucking anyone. Kay and I plan to wait until after her divorce. Before she was married, I didn’t have a problem with what we were doing.

Now she’s someone’s wife. I’m going to give their marriage some respect. I have no idea what this guy is talking about.

“My friend, my problem is not with you. I don’t care if you’re fucking that motherfucker’s wife. What I care about is my fiancée he’s hiding from me.

“Now start talking. You are fucking his wife because their marriage is bullshit, aren’t you?”

I knit my brows in confusion. This guy is giving off crazy vibes. My first thought it to protect Kayleen and our baby.

I don’t know what Cam has gotten into, but it has nothing to do with me or Kayleen. I need this guy to understand that and stay away from us both.

I go to make that happen, but he barks in my face instead. “When I find her, I’m going to kill her, then I’m going to come back for him and hisputawife.”

I freeze. I need to cover for Cam and Kayleen. This guy is unhinged. I can’t allow him to think I know about this woman he’s talking about.

“Bro, I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Sí, you do. You know this Cameron Perry, baseball player with the little wife with green eyes. I plan to pluck those eyes right from her head.

“She knows he’s fucking my Maribel and she’s helping him hide her. That’s why she’s fucking you. He’s not around to see her hopping in and out of your cars, but I am.

“What kind of man fucks another man’s pregnant wife? I should push you over for that alone. No, that’s not what I will do.

“I want you to admit that you know their marriage is fake and that’s why you’ve been fucking her on the side. Why else does she live here while he’s in Atlanta?”

“All her friends and family are here. I’m a baller, I get it. He’s not even in Atlanta most of the time.

“He travels for away games. She’s left home alone. She’s pregnant, her support system is here.

“Bro, I’m not fucking her. We all went to high school together. We’re friends, I’m looking out for her while he’s away.”

He cracks me upside the head with the butt of his gun. I drop to my knees, thankfully away from the edge, but not far.

This guy begins to talk to himself. Blood is gushing from the wound on the side of my head. I have to think fast to get out of this alive.

I need to warn Cam and get Kayleen away to safety. As I think his words over, he might be onto something. Kay said she needed to stay with Cam for a year before they could divorce. I found it odd at the time, but I didn’t push for more.

Whatever the case may be, this has to end here. I can’t allow him to hurt my woman or my child. Glancing to the side, I note two other guys are by a van. It seems we’re on a rooftop garage.

The other two aren’t focused on us so I begin to work my restraints off as he argues with himself in Spanish. I manage to get a hand free right as he turns back for me. It’s now or never, I have to act now.

I get to my feet and rush him. I knock the gun from his hand before he can aim it at me. This dude is strong and doesn’t go down as easily as I want.

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