Page 124 of Off Limits

“So, two things happened on my way home from work,” I said, sitting down on the couch.

He sat next to me, close enough that our knees pressed together. “What?”

“Do you remember Josiah Washington?”

“The kicker on your team? Yeah. I remember him.” He smiled ruefully. “He was one of the few people in my class who was actually nice to me.”

“He was?” That made me feel even better about our conversation earlier.

He nodded.

“I ran into him when I was grabbing us coffee, and I kinda came out to him.”

Asa’s eyes widened. “Really?”

“Yeah.”

“How did he react?”

“Great. He was chill as fuck about it.”

Asa smiled. “How do you feel now that you’ve told someone?”

“Good. I wasn’t planning on coming out today, but I’m not mad I did.”

“What was the other thing?” he asked. “Your expression tells me it wasn’t good.”

“My dad called me right after I talked to Josiah.”

“What did he want?”

“Do you know his friend Jefferson?”

“The lawyer at his firm?”

I nodded. “Apparently his daughter saw us at the gym yesterday, and he called my dad to ask why she saw us kissing.”

Asa’s jaw dropped, and he sucked in a sharp breath.

“Yeah, I didn’t see that coming either.”

“What happened during the call? You said to not freak out, so I’m assuming it’s not as bad as my brain is telling me it is?”

“It’s not,” I assured him. “He wasn’t happy, but I managed to talk him down and get him to actually listen to me.”

He blew out a breath. “Okay, that’s good.”

“I’m not positive, but I think he might be okay with things. It’ll take a while for the dust to settle and all that, but I think things will be fine.”

“That’s really good.” He chewed on his lip. “Does my mom know?”

“Not yet. He said he’d talk to her tonight.”

Asa pulled his phone out of his pocket.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m calling her.”

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