Down by Contact by Santino Hassell

Author:Santino Hassell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: InterMix
Published: 2018-01-15T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Adrián

I was going to kill Judd.

He stayed the length of every practice, unlike fifty percent of the others who took the bonus hours to get shit done while their kids were occupied, and worked on Simeon the entire time. Laughing at his jokes, asking questions about plays and technique, admiring his dedication to the kids, and asking questions about his family in Louisiana.

I learned more about Simeon by eavesdropping on their conversations than I’d ever learned on my own. It emphasized that I was trash, and Judd was actually serious about conning Simeon into liking him. Because in my world, a fan putting this much effort in had to be for a reason. There were bragging rights attached to hooking up with an NFL player, and that chance it would get serious and you’d get access to that money.

Except Simeon had said Judd was closeted, so it couldn’t be for the glory. And it seemed unlikely he thought they’d hop into a relationship that would get him money. Maybe it was a fetish thing.

My cynicism allowed me to consider all of that, and I didn’t know that it wasn’t at the back of Simeon’s mind either, but he seemed to like Judd. Unless he was good at pretending.

“Why are there so many cameras outside?” Delilah demanded. “Our scrimmage isn’t until next week!”

“They’re here to talk to us about the coming storm,” Simeon said. “About the way the Center has been helping with preparations.”

Delilah rolled her eyes. “It’s only a tropical depression.”

I laughed, and she flashed a triumphant smirk. Earlier on it’d been established that if I got along with only one child during this entire shitshow, it would be Delilah. Her family was cool, too, even though I barely spoke to them. I’d complained to Delilah one day about missing my mother’s pasteles, and the next Monday she’d come in with a pan of them freshly made by her grandmother.

“Sandy was a tropical depression, and look how much destruction it caused,” Judd butted in.

“Yeah, but there are like three other factors that combined to make Sandy a super storm soooo . . .” I was being immature, but I couldn’t help it. “Not the same sitch, homie.”

Judd seemed taken aback by my sarcasm. Simeon just shook his head from where he was stacking cones and putting equipment in boxes. I saw the edge of his mouth twitch before he schooled his face into neutrality again.

“I’m sure it will be fine. We just have to take precautions because this neighborhood is in a flood zone.”

“How does that affect your lives?” Brayden asked. “Are you just helping for the photo ops?”

God, these kids were little jerks. I’d hated it at first, but now I loved it. My mother would have smacked me in the head by now, but I found them hilarious.

“Yes,” I said. “I need all the publicity I can get to make people think I’m remotely likeable.”

“I know that’s right,” Simeon muttered.

The kids giggled. Judd smiled at Simeon like a loser.

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