Page 71 of Sincerely, Your Enemy

“What are you fuckers doing for spring break?” Chance’s voice is barely audible over the loud music playing on the patio speaker.

Aaron’s head snaps up. “I told you I’m going to Milan with my folks.”

We get it, asshole. You’re rich.

I can’t stand the guy. He’s fucking annoying with his perfect life and his perfect grades and his perfect, happy family that takes him all around the world.

For what it’s worth, I think the feeling’s mutual. Aaron hates my guts. It’s been that way for a while.

I drop on one of the loungers in the guys’ backyard, watching Chance and Aaron splatter each other in the pool. Thank fuck Coach gave us the night off. He’s been riding our backs all week in preparation for the tournaments coming up.

My focus drifts to Theo having a staring contest with his phone on the lounger across from mine.

My guess? He’s back in touch with Ashley. He seemed a little too happy at practice yesterday. He wouldn’t tell us anything, but the first thing he did once Coach was done whooping our asses was check his messages.

I don’t know what spell this Ashley chick has got him under, but my man has itbad.

“Cox, what about you? Are you doing anything for spring break?” Chance asks, and Theo doesn’t even look up from his phone.

You’d think he’s scared he’s going to miss her text if he doesn’t stare at his phone twenty-four seven.

Theo shrugs. “Take a wild fucking guess. It’s not like I’m going home to my parents.”

I scoff. “They’re still ball-busting assholes, huh?”

He throws his head back against the lounger he’s sitting on with a sigh. “You have no idea.”

From what he told me when we were roommates, getting that basketball scholarship to Duke was his ticket to freedom. His folks are abusive pricks who never supported a single thing he did, and he cut them out of his life after high school.

He says it doesn’t bother him, but it’s got to suck having nowhere to go for the holidays. My mom might be gone, but at least I have Kelsea. And Vera.

“Jacobs?” Chance asks.

“No, nothing,” I say. I must have five dollars to my name right now, even with my scholarship, so going out of town to party and drink myself into an early grave wasn’t an option.

That’s the main reason why I couldn’t pay Lacey for her lessons. If I’d had the money, I would’ve compensated her in a heartbeat.

“Then it’s decided. You’re all coming to my dad’s cabin next weekend,” Chance declares like we don’t have much of a choice in the matter.

My interest is piqued. “No way, you landed the cabin?”

“Damn right. It took a little convincing, but I got my dad to let us use it.”

“Can we invite people?” Theo asks, and I immediately know by people, he meansAshley. He spent nearly two years beingmad at her for leaving, but the second she got back into town, he reverted back into a professional simp.

“Sure. The more, the merrier. Just tell me beforehand.”

Maybe I should follow Theo’s lead and invite Lacey.

I haven’t been making much progress with her. Whisking her away to Chance’s dad’s cabin could be just the thing I need to get her to open up to me.

Like I said it out loud, Aaron asks, “So, TJ… I’m guessing you’re inviting Lacey? You’re stillcasually dating, right?”

What the fuck is his problem?

“It’s just, I haven’t seen you two together lately. Trouble in paradise?”

My fists clench at my sides, but I’m careful to keep my irritation from bleeding through my façade. “We’re fine, thanks.”

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