Wish you were here right now, sweetie. Rough practice. There’s some news about Coach.
I highlighted the text and deleted it.
I tried again.
Didn’t even notice you weren’t here, sweetie.
That’s the message I sent.
I swallowed hard.
The emotion was heavy even as the locker room cleared out.
Madison texted me again.
Are you too busy for me tonight?
I gritted my teeth.
The right answer would have been to skip seeing her tonight.
I didn’t need to mix emotions and cross lines.
I couldn’t help myself though.
I can be there in a little bit. Just need to shower and get changed.
I waited for Madison to text me back.
Why not just show up here sweaty and smelly for me?
That made me smile.
Which was a problem.
A woman like Madison making me smile was a huge problem.
Emotions, feelings and all that only ruined the risky secrecy of it all.
Yet at the same time, I couldn’t wait to see Madison.
