Chapter 18
Jaxon
Ryan stayed out of my way at practice and I stayed out of his, even though I wanted to beat the s**t out of him for saying what he did to Bristol. However, I couldn’t blame him; he was just looking out for his sister. I would have done the same thing. It was my fault everything had gone to s**t, not his. I was stupid for starting the whole thing with Bristol in the first place. Now I’d f****d up and she wanted nothing to do with me. Only I was in love with her, and there was no way in hell I was going to let her run away from me.
“Want to tell me where you got the black eye?” Derek asked, following me out to my car. The whole time at practice, everyone gave me a wide berth. They knew my mother had died and that I wasn’t in the mood to converse. Even Derek and Aaron trea
