“Aiden is a damn good excuse.”
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I was half tempted to throw my phone across the room and never touch it again. I didn’t feel like dealing with it. I just wanted to crawl under a rock and let everyone else pretend I didn’t exist.
Curiosity got the better of me and I clicked on the button to view the text message.
Angel, please don’t be upset. I need to explain and that is hard to do in a text. My wife and I are not romantically involved. I can explain in more detail tonight if you will let me.
I turned the phone around to let Sid read it. She just stared at the phone with a bewildered look on her face before crossing her eyes in an exaggerated act of annoyance.
“Angel? Why does he call you that?” she asked with puzzlement. “Does he know about your tattoo?” That was totally not th
