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Sixteen
Darren grinned as he read every tweet. Faith was dragged up and down, sideways and upside down. Everyone felt sorry for Eli. Many commentators were calling for Eli to leave her.
Darren already knew the answer – Eli was going to.
There was no way Eli was going to stay with Faith after he learned everything she did. She just humiliated him on an international level; he would be a complete fool if he stayed with her.
Darren didn’t bother to check his name hashtag. He was going to enjoy the devastation the D’Amatos were facing to their Teflon brand. He would deflect all questions to his attorney.
His phone had been ringing off the hook all morning but he ignored all phone calls. He wanted to relish the destruction of Eli D’Amato in peace and quiet. He briefly checked his office window and was shocked to see the throng of reporters outside.
Was his affair that important? He didn’t think it was that big of a deal. Maybe reporters wanted to get his take since he was now connected to the D’Amato family. He already had a prepared statement.
He finally put a call into Simone. She hadn’t called him all morning and he wondered how she was taking the news. She picked up on the first ring. “Hey baby. How are you?”
“How could you?” She cried over the phone.
“What? What are you talking about?”
“I told you to leave Eli alone and I would handle it!” Simone berated. “Now you’re all over the press!”
“Simone, listen…” Darren winced at her tears. “….this will all blow over in a day or so. No one is going to care.”
“No, I care!” She screamed. “My name is in the papers! Someone exposed my affair with Eli!”
Darren felt his heart drop. “What?” He noticed the crowd of reporters grew increasingly bigger. “What’s going on?”
“And then someone found that woman who accused me of having an affair with her husband when I lived in Savannah!” She cried. “I’m ruined, Darren! And then there’s you!”
“Me?” Darren was taken aback by what was going on. “What do you mean? What did I do?”
“I should’ve known how friendly Noah was! I should’ve known!” Simone breathed. “I know better now! Goodbye, Darren. Don’t ever contact me again!” The line went dead.
“Simone, wait!” It was too late. When Simone hung up, more calls kept flooding Darren’s line. Something huge occurred.
He noticed Ronnie was trying to get through the crowd and Darren quickly let him in. “What the hell is going on?”
“Oh?” Ronnie blinked. “You have no idea?”
“I know about the affair with Faith being released but that’s it, right? Someone leaked Simone’s affair with Eli but I don’t know who did that.”
“Well, I don’t know who did that,” Ronnie handed a copy of theNew York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago-Tribune,and several printouts from the Associated Press, CNN, and Fox News, “but I definitely have an idea on who did this.”
“What?” Darren questioned. His eyes bulged at the first headline.
QUARTERBACK’S BROTHER SACKING LITTLE BOYS
