Page 45 of Intercept My Heart

“There goes your girl,” Dreis spoke on the side of me. Glancing up, I saw Sunny greeting the boys. Their interactions with her were completely different, but the love was obvious. I wasn’t sure if I should approach her or not, but we still needed to have our talk.

“I know your ass isn’t scared.”

“Dre, I’mma fuck around and beat your ass. Stop playing with me.”

“Don’t get mad at me because you’re too afraid to talk to your baby mama.”

“We don’t know that yet.”

“Man, please. You and I both know those boys are yours. The pure talent on the field is a dead giveaway. Plus, they may look like Rae, but they have your nose and that big ass head of yours,” Dreis teased. I shoved his ass away from me before deciding to approach Sunny. The walk over to them felt like an eternity as I thought about what I wanted to say. My emotions were so conflicted, and I hated that shit. With anyone else, this would have been a major violation, but the lines were always blurred with her.

“Yo,” I called out. Sunny turned in my direction with an unreadable expression on her face.

“Hey,” she whispered softly. Moolah and Cash burned holes in the side of my face with their stares. However, I was sure Moolah was picturing ways he could bury me alive.

“Do you have time to talk? I know I changed the plans this morning, but I wanted to make sure I was in the right head space for the training, you know?”

“Of course. Umm, can you guys head to the car while I talk to Mr. Sutton?” I cringed at how formally she addressed me. I guess it made sense, considering the current nature of our relationship. However, it made our interactions seem less personal.

“I don’t know if I like that idea because if he tries something with you, I’m gonn?—”

“Moolah, don’t. I promise you have nothing to worry about. Mr. Sutton would never hurt me. Now, go to the car, and don’t make me tell you again,” Sunny instructed with an elevated tone.I could tell she rarely raised her voice at them because of the way Cash’s eyes widened.

“Yes, ma’am. I’ll go, but I can’t promise I’ll stay there.” Moolah cut his eyes over to me with nothing but pure hatred. It was such a strange experience because I’d never been hated in this way before.

“Cashynn.” Sunny raised her eyebrow without speaking another word. Moolah reluctantly dropped his head and shuffled toward her car.

“Is there somewhere we can talk in private?”

“Yeah, come on.” I led her to the school’s doors. We headed over to the gym since we had been using it in the mornings. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to sit or stand, but I felt I needed to stand for this conversation.

“The floor is yours.”

Her arms were crossed in front of her chest as we faced one another. Her beauty had only become more refined with age. She still possessed the same sweet baby face with perfect skin. I could only assume life had been good to her.

“I don’t really know where to start, so I’ll just cut to the chase. I don’t know who the father of my twins is. The window between when we had sex and when they were conceived is close, but it wasn’t the only interaction I had with a man, so I don’t know.” She struggled to get the last part out, but I was fuming with anger.

“Damn, that’s crazy. I really didn’t want to believe it, but you really turned out to be a ho after all.”

Smack!

My face turned as she smacked the hell out of me. I was stunned, so it took a moment for me to react. I already knew about her fucking Drake, but hearing her admit it really sent me over the edge.

“I’m not a violent person, but I’m not gonna stand here and let you disrespect me. You can believe whatever you want to believe, but to be honest, I no longer give a fuck. You wanted the truth, so I gave it to you. What you choose to do with that information is on you.”

“Why the hell wouldn’t you tell me about the pregnancy when you found out? Regardless of what you did, there was still a possibility that they were mine.”

“Based on the timeline, I honestly didn’t think they were. We were having sex for two years unprotected, and I never got pregnant. I assumed they belonged to… someone else, and since I had no intentions of them being in my children’s life, I left it alone.”

“Naw, don’t try to sugarcoat what you did now. You’re calling him someone as if you don’t know exactly who that fool is.”

“Look, I understand you’re upset, but you don’t even know the whole story.”

“What is there to know? You got mad at me and fucked my homie.”

“Is that what you think happened?” She scoffed as if I was the one in the wrong. It confused me, pissing me off even more.

“You’re telling me that Drake isn’t the other guy in this situation?” It felt as if she was trying to play on my intelligence, and I wasn’t going for that.

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