Hendrix - Kelsey Clayton Page 0,3
little searching and going through friends of friends, but I finally land on Madelyn's—Saige's best friend.
Her profile is filled with pictures, including those with the little girl, but even when Saige is tagged, I can't seem to click on her profile. An idea pops into my head, and I switch over to my fan account. It may be shady, to have a secret account that no one knows about, but it's the only way I can interact with fans without people reading too far into everything I say.
Once on my other page, Saige's account appears with almost no effort on my part. It all becomes alarmingly clear.
She blocked me.
I scroll through her pictures, ignoring the ones of her and Topher. When I land on one of the little girl, my breath hitches. It's from back in January. Saige wishes her a happy birthday and sings praises about what an amazing person she's becoming.
I do the math one more time.
Fuck.
IT'S BARELY EIGHT IN the morning when I enter the penthouse code in Asher's elevator. My hand clutches around my phone, shaking the whole way up. Needless to say, I didn't get a wink of sleep last night, and the cup of coffee I grabbed on my way over here did nothing but give me the jitters.
The doors open, and Tessa, Asher's girlfriend, looks up from where she sits on the couch. I can tell by the look on her face that I'm the last person she expected to see at this hour. Then again, I don't know the last time I got out of bed before eleven on a day where I don't have practice.
“You look cracked out,” she says bluntly. “Too much partying last night?”
I pace back and forth across the living room, unable to say anything. When Asher walks in, he stops and glances at me, then at Tess. She shrugs.
“I think he's broken, or on drugs.”
Ash snorts and shakes his head. He walks over and puts both hands on my shoulders to stop me in place.
“What's wrong with you, and why are you here at the ass-crack of dawn?”
My shaky hands swipe open my phone, and I shove the picture in his face. “Does this little girl look like me?”
He narrows his eyes and backs up, chuckling. “Give me that thing.”
I watch as my best friend inspects the photo carefully before passing it to Tess.
“Is this some kind of joke?” he asks. “Whose kid is that?”
“My ex’s.”
His brows raise. “You have an ex?” Tessa looks away from the picture to elbow him in the side, and he hisses. “What? He's been Mr. Anti-Commitment since the day I met him.”
She gives him a pointed look. “Says the guy who has only had a total of two girlfriends in his entire life.”
He wraps his arms around her and smiles. “It only took me twice to get it right.”
“Is that right?”
“Mm-hm.”
I groan and plop down onto the empty chair. “You two make me sick. I came here for help, not to watch you grope each other and act like we're in a real life chick flick.”
Tessa smirks and pulls away from Asher before looking back at the picture. “I mean, she kind of does, but it could just be because you both have a baby face and dimples.”
“What makes you think she's yours?” Asher questions, taking the phone back from Tess.
I run my hands over my face. “The math adds up to her getting pregnant either right before or right after we broke up.”
The two of them glance at each other, and Tessa looks anywhere but at me. Asher sighs heavily. He gets up and brings my phone back over to me, then pats me on the shoulder.
“Try not to freak out until you know for sure,” he tells me. “For what it's worth, I think you'd make a great dad.”
I snort. “Have you met me? You're the skilled one with children.”
Tessa glares at me, getting the obvious dig at the fact that she's ten years his junior. She knows I'm kidding, though. That girl may have been a ticking fucking time bomb when they first got together, but I respect the hell out of her. Between her, Asher, and Lennon, I've got all I'll ever need.
“So, what are you going to do?” Tess asks me.
I exhale, because I genuinely don't know. The only thing I can think to do is buy some time before my chest explodes from anxiety.
“First, I'm going to focus on this Monday's game, and then I'll