Page 8 of Ricochet

“Good answer.” Jared turned his humorless visage once more on the team. “I don’t care what you saw or how tired you are. I will see you in Iowa.”

“Like we’d miss it, Boss Man,” Colin offered for the guys.

Jared took that as all the proof he needed before leaving without a word. Brock and Parker eyed Colin as though hewere in the middle of a test. This had been the nightmare when he was at school: damn near down to his underwear and didn’t know what the questions might be.

Their hard assessments broke—finally—and they followed Jared, leaving Colin knocked down a few notches.

“What the hell was that about?” Ryder muttered.

Colin ran his hand over his face, deliberately missing the question.What was thatabout…“Yeah, I don’t know.”

Trace chuckled. “Colin fucked up and doesn’t even know what he did. Sucks to be him.”

“Dude, shut up. If that could happen to Colin?” Grayson shook his head. “We’re screwed.”

There was a compliment in there somewhere. Colin knew what Grayson meant, but he also could tell that the whole team saw what he felt. Jared, Brock, and Parker had just put him on notice. Theywere watching him—for something—and he had no idea what he’d done or how to fix it.

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