A Rookie Mistake – Wren Hamilton (1)

The doctors will fix her right up. Your ass should be in Belleville at practice this morning. How the fuck did you get up here, anyway? I know that bitch of yours has your piece of shit car because she’s always coming by my goddamn house when I’m not there.” The man’s sneering condescension was a kick in the gut to me. Was this stress, or was this what Cade always dealt with from his father?

I couldn’t fathom either of my parents speaking to me or my brother that way, no matter how much they disagreed with us. Hell, as a kindergarten teacher, my mom’s first response to anything was to offer comfort, even in conflict. I’d always known how lucky I was to have parents who loved their kids as much as mine did.

But something about what Cade was going through right now made me hyperaware of just how shitty things could be for someone, and you would have no goddamn clue what they were going through. A brief pause preceded Cade’s answer. I wished I could see the expression on his face to know how he was reacting, as his tone was completely neutral, void of any emotion. “Uh, yeah, Kait does still have my car,” Cade began, making no mention of his father’s insulting words.

“I managed to get a ride up with someone coming this way. Mom had a fall bad enough to need emergency hip surgery. I wanted to get up here as fast as I could to make sure that I saw her before they took her in.” “All those stuck-up assholes you had for teachers must have been lying to your mom about you being smart, otherwise you’d already know that life isn’t fucking fair.

You know you got a spot with the Hammerheads by the skin of your teeth. We were lucky enough that you managed to fool them into thinking you were worth a goddamn thing. You finally have a chance at the kind of money to pay me back for all the work I put into you to get you where you are. And what do you do? Go AWOL from the team and fuck everything up, you little piece of shit.” The rage that sparked inside me grew into an inferno.

How fucking dare a father talk to his son that way? It was like my brain disassociated from reality for a few seconds, my thoughts obliterated by a kind of aggression that I’d never felt anything close to. I edged toward the end of the wall where the two hallways would combine. I just needed to see Cade’s face. It was a complete invasion of privacy.

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