Chapter Twenty-Two
Preston
Five weeks and it has been absolutely silent. No one has found Jerrica, she just completely fell of the planet. If she were here Gavin would’ve found her by now. We’re almost halfway through our pregnancy with the babies and Adeline is growing at a healthy pace. We haven’t had any issues from Justin not that he could probably move after Gavin caught up to him. I bet that’s a lesson he won’t soon forget. I have never seen my brother like this about a woman though. He is head over heels and Adrionna seems to be a little skittish about the whole ordeal. He definitely has his work cut out for him with that one. “High Plank.” I get up on my hands and hold. Christ I feel like I’ve been at this for a decade and a half. Almost lunch time and I can feed my girl and baby Bennett’s. We decided that we won’t be finding out if they are boys or girls. Addy wants it to be a surprise and really I wanted to know, but she is the one carrying them around I should probably give her what she wants. I crack a smile thinking about the sassy pregnant woman that is my wife. “What is there to smile about at this point in the day? Low plank!” Yea, coach knows exactly what I’m smiling about. He can’t wait to be Uncle Coach. I go down to a low plank and hold for five more freaking minutes. “High Plank. Last one.” I go up and the next thing I know Addy is crawling underneath me. I give her a cocky grin and say “Not really motivating me to stay in a high plank right now.” “Yea, well it won’t be too much longer and I won’t be able to fit under here.” “Addy, yea right. You have hardly gained any weight.” She shoots me a look that says she doesn’t believe me and I shake my head at her. “Ew, you’re getting your sweat on me.” “You didn’t seem to mind last night.” “That’s because I was sweaty too. This is different. I’m clean.” I bend down and plant a kiss on her lips tells her I don’t give a fuck if I’m sweaty or not. She kisses me back with the same message. She doesn’t really care what is going on when I’m kissing her. “HIGH PLANK.” Coach hates this. “Willy is going to beat your ass.” “Christ, he’s already done that today. Twice.” “Zoning out are we?” “Just to think about you.” “Oh, well that’s allowed.” I give her another smile as I push back up into high plank. “Oh for Pete’s sake. Time. Get the heck out of here you two. I expect you both back on time for your last training Preston. No exceptions.” I give him a nod to let him know I get it. I have a huge fight on Friday my last fight of the season and really I should have two more practices today. I may make the last one a little longer. I look up to see Ryleigh standing in the corner. “Everything ok Ry?” “Uh, yea I was just wondering if I could get signed up for a self-defense class?” Fuckin great. What is the drama now? “What happened Ryleigh?” This was Adeline. The worry clear in her voice. “Nothing, I’m just trying to prevent something from happening.” Cue heavy sigh. More on our plates to worry about. Ryleigh is a tiny little thing. She probably needs the classes. “You can join in on Adeline’s since she isn’t doing too much with the babies in there so we can work with you. Be here this afternoon around three.” She gives a nod and turns and walks out the door. “Shit, what do you think is wrong?” “I don’t know, but I do know that I’ll figure it out and you don’t need to worry about it.” She rolls her eyes at me and I tag her at the back of the head and pull her in for a kiss. “Let’s go get you fed.” She gives me a nod and we walk across the street to Ed’s. We sit down in our usual booth and I see Grant coming into the building. He walks up with a worried look on his face. “We found Jerrica. Preston can I talk to you for a second.” “Wait, I can hear what’s going on this has everything to do with me.” He looks at me and I give him a nod. I stand up and say “Addy, just one sec.” She scoffs at me and I know I’m going to be in trouble for this later. We walk to the parking lot and Grant starts. “She’s dead. She tried to sell the pictures and I think we had all the media mortified as to what would happen if they bought them because she couldn’t sell them to anyone. We traced the last transaction and after it didn’t go through she hung herself. Preston, Ryleigh found her in Addy’s office.” Shit. “Where is Ryleigh?” “In my car. The body is gone, but when Ryleigh came back over from the gym she said that Jerrica was already dead.” I give him a nod and I need to figure out a way to tell this to my wife without her freaking out. “We’ll be right out.” He gives me a nod and walks back over toward his car. I head back in to try and calmly tell my wife what is going on. “Addy, how hungry are you?” “I was hungry, but I have a feeling I’m not about to be.” “We will eat in a bit. I need you come with me over to your office.” “Why, shit what happened?” “It’s Jerrica, she’s dead. Baby, she hung herself in your office.” I see her jaw drop and I have no idea what is going through her mind right now.
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