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Pepper told me it was to loosen me up, but fuck if it didn’t make me rock hard

Sadly, I shut it down before it went anywhere because Pepper was a complication in my life that I didn’t need

And she spelled “coiven est complication and I didn’t need any others

The knock on my hotel rooarbage I shrug out ofit on the bed

A quick look through the peephole and I see Dax

Swinging the door open, I greet him “What’s up, man?”

Dax Monahan and I go way back froeance as teaether for the New York Vipers before I was traded to the Florida Spartans, but we became close friends in that time

Dax steps pasta six-pack of beer “Just checking on you Figured we’d toss back a few beers”

I s on me While I’ve not told the team as a whole about the baby, I told Bishop and Dax I have history with them

Setting the six-pack down, Dax nabs two of the bottles and hands ht”

“Don’t I know it,” I mutter as I accept the beer and twist the cap off Dax has never been one to s

“A win’s a win,” he adds, but it’s of little co the best season ofon here I’ether as a teaet ht, I’ll lose my momentum

“Take a load off,” I tell hi a round table by theDax takes a seat and I plop down on the bed closest to hiht as Erik—who is ets his own roo with Blue, who is one of the teaht attendants

Can’t say I blame him

Dax kicks his feet up on the end of ainst the headboard Crossing one leg over the other, I take a long pull from my beer

“Have you heard anything yet from the social worker?” he asks me

I shake my head “Nope, but didn’t really expect to She said the results would take a bit longer because of the weekend”