“Are you okay?” he asked when he saw Udo’s face.
“Yeah,” Udo replied. “Had a run-in with a fan.”
“Come in, mate.”
He followed his host inside. The house was much quieter without their teammates hollering and laughing.
“What did they say?” Adam asked.
“Not worth going into,” Udo replied.
“It won’t last, you know,” Adam said. “When Jen and I split up for the second time, I was public enemy number one.”
Udo leant against the kitchen wall. “What happened with you two?”
Jen was a famous social media influencer. They had been a hot couple for a while.
Adam shook his head. “She wanted a wedding. I didn’t.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. But we didn’t just break up once, we went back for seconds.”
Love sucked for everyone evidently.
“I’m sorry to hear that,” he said. “Shit doing it in the public eye, isn’t it?”
“You’re not kidding.”
“Do you ever hear from her?”
“Nope,” he replied. “She’s closed her accounts and fucked off back to Ireland. Let’s change the subject, eh?”
“Sorry, I’ve just walked into your house and am giving you the third degree on your love life.”
Adam clapped him on the shoulder. “It must make a change from talking about yours. Don’t sweat it.”
A couple of hours later, they were lazing on the sofas. Adam hadfound two beers. They decided they were for medicinal purposes and cracked them open.
“Do you think Howard is as good as they say he is?” Udo asked. “Things aren’t dying down much.”
Adam sat up. “You can trust him.”
“You seem pretty sure about that.”
“I am,” Adam replied. He took a swig from his bottle. “He kept a story out of the press for me last year.”
“Oh yes?”
Adam sighed. “Someone from my past popped up for a payday. He dealt with the lot.”
Udo frowned. “An ex?”
“Something like that.”
Shit. I never knew this.
“Was she going to do a kiss and tell?”
