Chapter 14
SEVIN
Friday night
The victory over the Bruisers should still feel good to me.
The bastards have been kicking our asses all spring training season, and in the back of my mind, I know beating them should feel better than s*x.
And if this were a year ago—Hell, a few months ago, after a win like this, that’s exactly what I’d be doing.
Having s*x. Having lots of it.
But not after last night. Because last night changed things.
Emily’s in my goddamned head, and I can’t get her out.
I thought Naomi’s news about Charlie’s mysterious mother would ruin whatever focus I’d found towards the game I love so much.
But it didn’t.
In a matter of minutes after hearing proof that the blackmail might be a scam, that Charlie might not be mine, I should have been elated.
But my entire tra
