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,

not

it's more

be best friends."

shock spreading

they were inseparable. They played on the

what happened to Zaid, and learning this puts a weird

seen the pictured in the gym hallway? Zaid was like, really

and my heart hammering in my

He knows that it was Zaid that

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Hopes and

right? He knows that he got expelled,

it. Tore his knee real bad. They told him he'd never play again. That's when everything changed. When Zaid changed.

though my mouth is as dry as the desert. I put my plate down. "Do you know why he

really knows the

an accident, some say he only injured someone. Something about

table

burning metal,

in slow, closing my

on my back to ground me. "You

hoping Aiden has not noticed me falling apart over here. "I'm

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