“Good luck, Andrea.”
I watch as she drives off, then I turn toward the cameraman who still has his camera pointed to the ground. “Any chance you had a microphone working?”
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The dizzying amount of information that has been going through my head lately is disconcerting. Sort of like my whole life is off kilter. I still don’t understand it, but how many times have I watched some murder show and said the same thing? People kill for less than what I might have been set on fire for.
Walking into the doctor’s office, the only good thing I can muster up is that I can focus on this right now. Something concrete. Something I understand.
Raeann holds my hand. “Aww. He really wanted to see your scars? I didn’t know Levi had it in him. I mean, I always liked him. I like all of Micah’s teammates, but he might be my new favorite.”
“Don’t tell Micah that.”
“Oh God, no. I just like that he’s treating you so well. Besides, if Micah wanted to hear what I talked about day-to-day, he’d find a way. In fact, he might be listening to us right now. And, if Leviis anything like him, it’s highly likely he knows I just said that, too.”
I laugh, and when I look up, everyone in the waiting room is staring at me. “Sorry,” I whisper, then I go up to the receptionist and check in before finding Raeann in the waiting room again.
“Hey,” she says when I sit down next to her. “Remember when you kept saying you wanted a hot football player like Micah? Now you got one!”
My stomach squeezes in a good sort of way. “I almost can’t believe it.”
“Well, believe it, and also, I’m so happy. You’ll officially be accepted into the WAGS.”
“WAGS?”
“Wives and girlfriends,” Raeann says. “Briar, Charley, Jo, and some others you haven’t met yet. For the next home game, we want to bedazzle our own jerseys.”
I make a face, but secretly, it sounds awesome.
“I’m so glad Levi handled the whole dating show thing. I’m sure McNally was pissed.”
“Wait, what?”
“The dating show.”
My brows furrow, and Raeann looks more confused than I am. “He didn’t tell you?”
“No, he didn’t say anything.”
“Oh, that’s weird.” She pulls out her phone to check her messages. “Micah just said he handled it and that he might have found something else to prove McNally is trouble.”
“What the hell?” I ask. “Levi never said a word. I didn’t even realize he saw McNally recently.”
Raeann turns toward me. “I wouldn’t be worried. I got the feeling that whatever he did, he did it so he could be with you publicly.”
“Well, that was the game plan, but he could’ve said something to me.”
“Oh, I know what this is,” Raeann says. “This is him thinking that he has to take care of everything because you’re too stressed out.”
I roll my eyes. I don’t like being left out of the loop, but in reality, this was his thing to take care of. I would’ve been happy to have been kept up to date though. Did he pick someone? Did he somehow get out of it? “Maybe he just hasn’t had the time to tell me yet.”
“That would make sense. They’re playing their league rivals this weekend, hence the bedazzled jerseys.”
“You really like those girls, don’t you?” Honestly, it makes me smile. When Raeann moved here, she was so quiet and timid. She hung on to me like glue, which I never minded. I liked her instantly. But to see her grow, that’s special.
“I do, and you’re going to love them. I can’t wait to tell them Levi was the next to succumb to looove.” She gasps. “The heart.”
