Chapter 37

Future Hopes and Past Secrets-2

"Hey."

"You having fun?" his tone is friendly but his eyes a bit loose from the drinks.

"Yeah, it's great," I reply, smiling.

He studies me for a moment and I frown, trying to read the expression on his face.

"Can I ask you a question?"

I steal a glance to Aiden, who is still in conversation with Parker. "Uh, sure."

Evan leans in slightly, lowering his voice. "Has Aiden ever told you what happened

between him and Zaid?"

The question catches me off guard and I recoil. "What do you mean?"

He purses his lips together. "I'm just wondering."

Curiosity has me taking the bait. "All I know is that Zaid is not a big fan of Aiden,

am not sure. Why?

shakes his head. "No. I do know it's more complicated than that,

be best friends."

spreading

they were inseparable. They played on

harboring guilt for what happened to Zaid, and learning this puts a weird feeling

seen the pictured in the

Aiden, my nostrils flaring and my heart hammering in my chest.

secretive about this. On purpose. He knows that it

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Hopes and

knows that he got

got badly injured one game, everyone saw it. Tore his knee real bad. They told him he'd never play again. That's

though my mouth is as dry as the desert. I put

no one really knows the

accident, some say he only injured someone. Something

table to keep myself

burning metal, fire,

slow, closing my

my

not noticed

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