Page 116 of Fear of Love
“Coach? As inourcoach?” Trevor asked.
“Coach, Coach?” Bryton added.
“Woah,” Tasha breathed.
“Wyatt’s mom and Coach Barnum,” Mila said, her eyebrows raised.
“Oh, shit. Wyatt’s mom.” Trevor turned to Bryton. The two of them shook their heads as if they couldn’t believe it.
“I thought I was seeing things, but I saw them leaning against one of the tree trunks. Well, more like pressed…” I trailed off.
“I did say a bit ago that Evelyn looked like she was texting someone. She’s been really giddy the past few months,” Tasha remarked.
“She has been. When we went to the painting class,” Mila looked at Tasha and me, “I saw her smiling down at her phone.”
“I wonder if they’ve been seeing each other for awhile now,” Tasha pondered out loud.
“Landon didn’t see them?” Trevor asked.
I shook my head. “No, he was off with Mateo.”
“Josie and Wyatt are going to walk in any minute.” Tasha glanced over at the tent. Music and guests' voices coming through the openings.
“What do we do?” I asked the group. We all stood there staring at one another, unsure. Bryton and Trevor tugged at their ties, loosening them until they could pop open a button on their shirts.
“Do we tell them?” Bryton asked. I couldn’t even begin to imagine what Wyatt, Landon, or Mateo were going to do, if and when they found out. That was their mom.
“Just go up to Wyatt on his wedding day and be like,‘Hey, Dude, so your mom was making out with Coach, and we think they’re seeing each other.’Yeah, that’ll go great.” Trevor shot Bryton a look.
“Wouldn’t it be better than any of them catching the two?” Bryton shot back.
I bit my lip. I couldn’t go up to Landon and tell him. If he was going to find out, it should be from his own mother, not me.
“Maybe Evelyn plans on telling them soon,” Mila butted in. “Maybe she hasn’t found the right time.”
“I say we just wait and see if Evelyn or Coach ends up saying something to them,” Tasha suggested.
“I’m with Tasha on this,” I said. “They’re probably just figuring things out before saying anything.”
“So we just pretend we don’t know?” At Bryton’s words, we all looked at one another.
I nodded. “Yes.”
“Wyatt’s going to kill us if he finds out we knew.” Trevor actually looked a little concerned.
“It’s not our place to tell any of them,” Tasha said in a firm tone. “Let Evelyn and Coach tell them when they’re ready.” She leveled Bryton and Trevor with hard looks. “Okay?”
Both sighed but didn’t look too thrilled about it. “Okay.”
“Wow. I can’t believe it’s Coach. Who knew the guy was a romantic?” Trevor shook his head.
“Evelyn and Coach were not on my bingo card.” Bryton ran his hand through his hair.
“Just act normal.” Mila reached out and pinched her boyfriend's arm.
“Ow! I will!” Bryton yanked his arm away with a wince.
We needed to get back before Landon came looking for us, or even Mateo. With one last look at the boys, I firmly said, “Not a word.”
