Page 49 of Make You Mine

For now, it’s better to keep trying to figure things out by myself. Quietly. Not alerting her.

Keep her out of it. Keep Madelyn safe at all costs.

There is no way I’ll stay away. I’m not playing that game of his.

If my little demon needs me, I’ll be there for her. Picking on her by day, and making sure she goes to sleep safely at night.

This anonymous idiot can go suck dick. I’m keeping what’s mine.

Forty-five minutes later, practice’s over, and I almost fuck up.

“Hey, Coach, wait up!” Karl calls out. The rest of the team rushes out to the showers.

“What’s up, Karl?”

I’m almost sure he’s going to bitch about me sending him to the penalty box today.

“You forgot your boner note,” he says instead as I approach him.

In his hand, extended, is the note I left on the bleachers.

Fuck me.

“That’s not a⁠—”

“Coach, you had a huge boner. The whole team saw it from miles away.”

“No idea what you’re talking about.” I snatch the note away and tap him on the back. “You’re gonna want to head to detention, along with Brandon and Ryan. Now, get out.”

“What?” Karl’s eyes are as big as plates. “Why?”

I swing my hand forward and dismiss him, not leaving him room to complain.

He leaves while making loud scoffing sounds.

I’m about to fold the note again and put it in my pocket, except I stare at it and squint my eyes.

The handwriting isn’t Madelyn’s. I flip it around and see the other side is actually the note I found. But not the back.

That’s not my little demon’s diary.

It’s a message from him.

Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten me already, Kayden.

After all we’ve been through?

Let me give you a hint.

We met as kids.

You’ve called me many names.

I stuck with you through high school.

I even stayed by you in college.

Specifics?