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“I just saw Reese,” Beau sneers, “holding Colt’s son.”
Have you ever had lightning crack overhead? Like it’s so loud that it shakes your skull? Your brain vibrates, exploding all your logic away?
“What?”
That’s this moment.
That’s this shock.
“Reese was at our game,” Beau explains, his stare burning holes in Colt. “And she had a little boy in her arms. What is he now? About eight, maybe nine years old, Colt? Is that how old your son is?”
“Fuck you,” Colt mutters, turning his stare toward the window, at the city blurring by.
“No, it was you who did the fucking,” Beau’s furious, “of my college girlfriend and now you have a kid together.”
“Wait.” I grab Beau’s hand. “Stop.”
This can’t be true.
Colt would never betray Beau. He’d die for him. And yeah, Colt might’ve been a sexy man-whore in the past, but he’d never lie, he’d never do someone wrong.
“Colt.” I reach across for his hand, too. “What’s going on? Was Reese at your game today?”
I haven’t seen her in almost a decade. Maybe Beau’s mistaken. Maybe it was another gorgeous blonde, the typical Bama prototype. It’s easy to confuse them. They all look alike.
“Yes,” Colt answers, his eyes glued to the glass.
I feel the punch, the same shock as Beau. “Does she have a son?” I can barely ask.
“Yes,” Colt confesses, not looking at us. He’s tugging at his beard, chewing on his lip, like he’s lost in painful thought.
Something’s wrong.
I can read it in the pain marring Colt’s handsome face. It hurts me too to ask, “Is he yours?”
A tear falls down Colt’s cheek. He closes his eyes. Another tear falls, but he won’t answer.
“You gotta be fucking kidding me,” Beau mutters. “All this time. All these years. You lied to me. You cheated on me.”
“But,” I argue for Colt, “y’all weren’t together back then. You were with Reese.”
“He knows what I mean,” Beau growls. “He betrayed my trust. It was the one thing we could have. We couldn’t be together, but I always believed in him. Him and you. You were the only people I trusted.”
Cynically, Colt rumbles, “Then why did you date Reese if you knew you couldn’t trust her?”
“Are you fucking kidding me?” Beau lurches forward. “You knew why I dated her.”
Colt snaps, “You didn’t love her.”
“So what?” Beau asks. “You did?”
“No, I loved you.”
“You have a fucked up way of showing it.”
“Of course, you’d say that.” Colt flares his nostrils. “Of course, you’d see it that way. Who’s the one who doesn’t trust?”
“Doesn’t trust?” Beau shouts. “That’s all I’ve ever done with you. That’s all we’ve ever had—trust. It was me and you against the world. We’ve always trusted, we’ve always loved each other, and now?” His voice cracks. “Now, it’s a fucking lie.”
