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.What I d give to be able to bring home the wrong guy to my family.But I ve only gotone family member left, and now I m neck-deep in drama that would probably makehim consider disowning me if he knew the extent of it.I know I started the drama after all, I m the one who decided to throw caution tothe wind on New Year s.But Knox is adding to it now by refusing to man up and talk about what we re going to do.And Jackson contributes to the whole situation by actingso overbearing that I can t help lashing out at him, like a teenager reigned in too tightlyby well-meaning parents.Only Jackson isn t my parent.And I m no longer a teenager.Which is why I mpretty eager to stop sneaking around like a fifteen-year-old who s secretly dating thesenior year MVP.We dive into our chewy, sticky sugar bombs while I bring Ruby up to speed on thisweekend s events. Holy smokes, Shelby.That is all kinds of a hot mess. When Jackson knocked on that door I thought I was going to die of a heart attack.Then I just thought we were going to die in general, once we opened it and faced him. But you didn t. We didn t die, no.We didn t deal with our shit, either. I drop my head onto myarms. Knox locked me in a goddamn closet, Ruby. You mentioned that, yes. She takes a long time chewing her next mouthful ofcinnamon goodness. But I mean, what did you expect him to do? she asks once she sswallowed.I groan into the tabletop. I don t know.just finally fucking deal with this lyingonce and for all, I guess? She purses her lips and nods. Did you guys agree to do that? Yes! No.Kind of.We agreed we need to tell Jackson at some point, yeah. But you haven t figured out when? Knox says he s going to tell him once he s back from training.But the way he keepsputting it off, making excuses all the time. I trail off, not wanting to speak my fearsaloud.Ruby can read them straight off my face anyway. You re worried he s not serious? I nod, welling up despite myself.Why else would he stuff me into his closet like adirty little secret? If he was planning to tell Jackson eventually, that was his goldenopportunity.He threw it and me into the darkness instead. Shelb, I don t think Knox would have let things get this far if he weren t looking forsomething serious.Especially not with you.He knows how much shit Jackson wouldgive him if he fucked around on you, yet he s still sticking to it.That s got to meansomething. I chew on my lip. I guess.Or he s just in a dry spell right now and needed a quickfix. She snorts so hard it makes her choke, and she has to wash her mouth out with adash of espresso. Honey, please.Have you looked at Knox lately? Major hottie.And apro athlete to boot.You of all people know there s no shortage of available femalesaround when you re a major league baseball player.Why would he hang onto such acomplicated situation if he weren t feeling something beyond just horny? Ruby s got a point.If Knox just wanted to get laid, he could easily scoop up somefuture reality TV star from one of the local clubs.Why would he risk such an importantpersonal and professional relationship for a taste of some forbidden fruit?Granted, it s a really fucking delicious piece of fruit, but still. Knox is a smart guy.He wouldn t risk his share at Altitude and the Library and all the other clubs just to hit that fine ass of yours, she points out, reading my mind yetagain.It makes sense, but something still feels off.A gut feeling I can t shake.Even if hedoes take me seriously, he s still putting my brother s feelings before mine.Treatingme, yet again, like Little Shelby.The little sister you have to protect, stuff into the closetto hide, whatever.He doesn t trust me enough to face this situation head-on, evenwhen I told him that s what I want.So fine.If Knox isn t going to tell Jackson about us, maybe I ll have to take mattersinto my own hands.I order one more roll for the road, hug Ruby goodbye, and head for the office, anewfound purpose in my step.Unfortunately the first person I see is Karl, hanging around in the hall outside myoffice. What s up? he asks me almost immediately, throwing me off-guard.What does hewant now? Nothing.You? I raise an eyebrow at him.He s uncharacteristically non-hung-over-looking right now, too.No booze cruise forhim this weekend, I guess.He hesitates, then folds his hands behind his back. Can I pick your brain for asecond? Getting weirder by the minute.Karl asking for my advice has got to be a first.I wave him into my office, where he paces back and forth in front of my door somany times it s starting to make me dizzy. What s going on, Karl? I finally blurt. Bad news on the Dale Hunter front. It s all I can do not to roll my eyes.Why am I not surprised? Eddie Reese, the owner of the arcade shop, came back to me directly he says heneeds a second payment, for double the original hush fee. There s a giant I told you so practically rolling off of my tongue.But Karl s left footis twitching like crazy and it s clear he s totally tweaking.Much as I want to rub this inhis face, I need to set aside the petty feelings and face the problem directly right now.I take a deep breath. Have you gone to Tim yet? He s unreachable on a plane to Italy. Shit.I forgot about Tim s annual, don t bother-me-unless-someone s-dead familyvacation.I wonder if this counts as dead.We ll be dead, if we don t spin this the rightway.On the other hand, with all the boys who messed this situation up last time out oftown, I finally have a chance to handle this the way I knew we needed to all along. Karl.Sit down, I bark.To my shock, he obeys, dropping like a stone into my sparechair. Right.We re going to handle this the way we should have from the beginning. Do you have Dale s schedule handy? Any idea where he is right now? A couple taps on his phone and Karl s ready. He has an appointment with thephysio at 11.Nothing on the schedule for two hours after that, until lunch with hiswife. Perfect.Meet me outside the player facilities at 11:15. Dale does not look too excited to see us. Problems? He swings his towel around his gargantuan neck
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