“So it’s possible . . .” I don’t even want to say it. My dad’s a shitty father but I don’t want him to be dead.
“I’m sure he’s fine. Devon’s disappeared before and found his way back. Just give it some time.” Brock turns and walks back to his office, closing the door.
Going back to the kitchen, I grab my plate of lasagna and go to my room, shutting and locking the door.
I text Jackson.Can you talk?My phone rings, and I go into my closet to answer. “Hey, are you home?”
“I’m at the gym, but I went to my car so we can talk. What’s going on?”
“Brock said my dad might be dead.”
“Dead? How?”
“From drugs. He didn’t actually say he’s dead. He just said he hasn’t heard from him in weeks and that hecouldbe dead.”
“Just ignore him. You can’t trust Brock. He lies for a living.”
“But why would he say that?”
“I don’t know. To make you stop looking for your dad?”
“I guess that’s possible. And Brock’s really drunk right now so . . .”
“Then I definitely wouldn’t trust anything he says. Why is he drunk? Did something happen?”
“Maybe. His lawyer showed up at lunch today and took Braden away. I don’t know what that’s about, but it had to be important if he showed up at school. Oh, I have some news. Twoother football players are injured. Dante hurt his shoulder and Kade hurt his wrist.”
“After the first game.” Jackson laughs. “Their season might be ending sooner than I thought.”
“Braden went back to practice today. I saw him limping when he was home, so his knee definitely isn’t back to normal, but he refused to miss practice.”
“He’s going to make it worse by not giving it time to heal. That’ll work to our advantage. Any other updates on the team?”
“They were talking about their field being torn up. They said they checked the security cameras and didn’t see anyone on the field the night it happened. They think someone messed with the video.” I pause, not wanting to accuse him but wondering if he was involved.
“You think I did it?”
“No. Well, maybe.” I chew on my lip. “Did you?”
“It wasn’t me, or anyone else on the team. Some other school did it.”
“Everyone thinks it was you.”
“That doesn’t surprise me. But if I did it, why would I do it now? We don’t play them until late in the season. If I was going to do it, I’d do it right before the game.”
“How were they able to erase that part of the recording? Is it that easy to do?”
“The guy I hired did it for a lot of people. But he’s fired now so it won’t be as easy to do anymore.”
“Hey, going back to my dad, do you think we could go to LA this weekend? See if he’s at his apartment?”
“I don’t know if this weekend will work. I have two-a-days for football and I promised Kristen I’d—”
“Kristen?” I sigh. “You’re doing something with Kristen this weekend?”
“It’s not what you think. I’m helping her with something. That’s it.”
“What are you helping her with?”
