Page 72 of His Team

Kay sucks in a breath and nods. “Can you drop me home?”

“Yeah, no problem.”

The rest of the ride is made in silence. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. It’s time I find what I want, where I belong.

Kayleen

I thought I’d be happy when Cam broke up with me. However, I feel devastated and shocked. He has never been with anyone else. I was sure Cam had slept with other girls on campus or at away games.

“What have I done?” I sob quietly.

I feel like I fucked up something good because I wanted to have my cake and eat it too. This isn’t right, but it’s what I wanted to happen. My mama already has my wedding gown hanging in her closet.

I don’t know how I’m going to tell her this. I take a deep breath and sit on my bed. Tears are still streaming down my face.

My hands are shaking as I go to dial JR. I just need to feel better. It’s like I’ve lost more than my boyfriend. Cam is one of my best friends.

Even though I don’t think I’ve been much of a friend in a really long time. Sometimes I feel like we don’t know each other anymore.

“Hello,” JR says sleepily on the other end of the phone, pulling me from my thoughts. I can hear him moving around and then he whispers. “Kay, are you all right?”

“We broke up,” I sob.

“Wait, what? Take a deep breath. I can’t understand you.”

“Cam broke up with me. He wants to start seeing other people.”

“That’s a good thing, right? You can come to graduation with my parents now.”

“I guess so. JR, why are you whispering?”

“It’s late. I’m trying to keep my voice down.”

“For who? Where are you?”

There is a loud thud on the other end. “Fuck,” he growls. “Son of a bitch.”

“Are you okay?”

“I just ran into something and stubbed my toe. Listen, I’ll call you in the morning. We can talk then.”

“Okay, I’ll call you in the morning.”

“Ja, baby, you—” The line goes dead before I can hear the rest of what’s said, but that wasn’t the voice of any of his friends I know of.

That was a female. I sit feeling stupid and confused. We never said we were exclusive because he has always known about Cam, but I never thought about the other girls he could have been with while we were apart.

I drop my phone to the floor and place my head in my hands. I’ve imploded my life and for what? JR has been funding my lifestyle for the last three years.

With the way he spoiled me, even as I stayed with Cam, I never thought he would mess around with anyone else. I’ve been so naïve. I can’t believe I lost Cam and now I have nothing.

Moving into the center of the bed, I curl up into a ball and begin to sob. I fucked this all up so bad. I have to figure out a way to get Cam back.

I’ll give him some time to cool off and then we’ll get back together. That’s it. All he needs is time. I can give him that.

Jareil

“Ja, baby, you all right?” my mom calls as she turns on the lights and comes out of the bedroom of the hotel suite we’re staying in.

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