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She snorts. “A normal guy,” she mutters, and yeah…Jack Dalton is anything but a normal guy.
But he’s officiating my wedding soon, and as my stylist finishes up my hair, it’s time to slide into my dress and take some photos before I walk down the aisle toward forever.
CHAPTER 28: LINCOLN
I’m in my office alone—for now—when my mother walks in. Jack went down to bring my gift to Jolene, and my best little dude is running around with Cade down in the locker room.
I draw in a deep breath as I feel emotional that my mother is here.
“Oh my,” she murmurs as she walks over toward me. “How handsome my boy is.” She adjusts my tie and sets her palms on the lapels of my jacket, and I lean down to kiss her cheek. “You smell good, too.”
I chuckle. “You look beautiful. Thank you for coming in for this.”
“I wouldn’t miss it.” She gives me a hug, and then she pulls back. “Linc, I got the test results…if you want them before you walk down the aisle, I have them here.” She pulls a piece of paper out of her purse.
“You know?” I ask, a little alarmed that the fact that my entire life might be a lie is on that piece of paper in her hands.
She nods. “I do.”
“I don’t know if I want to know,” I admit.
“What will it change either way?” she asks.
Jolene asked me a similar question, and I told her it was for my own peace of mind. I’m not sure it changes anything. If Eddie Nash isn’t my biological father or if he is…I think I’ll still feel the same way about what he did to me. And I’m still a Nash. I was raised one, and I belong in this family. My brothers might be full-blooded siblings or half, but they’ll still be among my best friends regardless.
“Does he know?” I ask.
She blinks and nods. “I told him.”
Oh. So they both know…and I still don’t.
I blow out a breath. “Tell me,” I whisper.
“He’s your father.” She says the words as she holds out the papers, and I read the results as heat brims behind my eyes.
How different might my life have been if we’d known this all along rather than me living with his resentment my entire life?
“And you should know, there’s someone else who wants to be here for the wedding,” she says.
My brows knit together, and then my three brothers appear in the doorway.
That’s right. All three. Asher is here even though he’s not supposed to be in this building—with special approval from the commissioner—and both Spencer and Grayson made the trip.
“Aren’t you two missing practice by being here?” I ask since it’s not their bye week.
They laugh. “Our coaches are nicer than the coach of the Aces, I guess,” Spencer says as he walks over to give me a hug.
Grayson is next, and Asher is last.
“We’re missing one person still,” Grayson says quietly.
“Can I talk to Lincoln alone for a minute?” my mom asks, and my brothers leave the room even though they just got here. Grayson is out last, and he shuts the door behind him so we can have a moment of privacy.
“Your father…he has some things he’d like to say to you if you’re willing to listen.”
I press my lips together. I guess if there’s ever a time to hear someone out, it’s on your wedding day…or something like that.
I want to marry Jolene with a clean slate, and the only mark on my slate at the moment is my father.
