The Quarterback Next Door novel · Chapter 19 of 24

Chapter 19: The Friends Leave

"It isn't going anywhere," I told her in the parking lot.

"Neither are you," Paisley said.

She turned on her heel and walked back into the Elks lodge with her head high.

I told Cade about it on the ride home.

He put his phone in the front pocket of his jeans and kept his hand over it until we reached Alder Street.

On Wednesday I carried a folder into the cafeteria.

Inside it were nine printed copies of the June chat, one for every girl at the dance squad's table.

I had printed them on the library copier at six in the morning, the same hour Paisley had printed three hundred sheets for my locker.

I thought she'd understand that.

The cafeteria was loud with trays and chairs and a bad speaker playing the homecoming playlist.

Cade sat with the team at the far wall.

He saw the folder and half rose, and I shook my head at him.

He sat down again slowly.

This one was mine.

The squad ate together at the long table under the trophy case.

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