So I relieve him a little.
“Hey. It’s okay. I get it.
I just wish you would
have told me yourself.
I really felt like an idiot
for not noticing. Walking
around with my eyes
shut, as Pops used to say.”
I’m sorry, Ariel. Truly I am.
That’s what I wanted to talk
about after the game today.
It blew me away how hard
she and I hit it off. I mean,
we have so little in common,
and . . . Are you mad at me?
“For what? Not like either
of us made any promises
to each other. I’ll admit I
was a little hurt at first,
mostly because it felt like
you were sneaking around.
I never hid Monica from you.”
Did you ever tell her you
and I had sex? Point-blank,
he calls me out. Deservedly.
“No. But I plan to. Tonight.
It’s the right time for honesty.”