4 Chapter 4

He sighed. At this point, he just wanted to put this game out of its misery.

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The mood in the locker room was not exactly celebratory as they tried to deal with the fact that they’d lost 9 to 4. Earlier, when they had lined up to shake hands with the other team, some of the Lions had not even bothered to contain their laughter as they ribbed them about the loss and the new uniforms. Allin all, it had been humiliating.

When Caleb had arrived at Juan, the bastard had smiled at him and gripped his hand a little too tight. Itwasn’t until Caleb had moved on that he realized Juan had slipped a small piece of paper into his palm, which he’d quickly tucked into his waistband.

Now, he was itching to read the note, but couldn’t chance it in the locker room. He stripped, slipped the note into his locker, and headed to the showers along with the rest of his dejected teammates.

“Damn!” Frank shouted. “We sucked today.”