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The Rogue Next Door Chapter 122
Chapter 122MayaHospitals have a way of making time feel fake.Five minutes feels like an hour. An hour disappears before you realize it. Every door that opens makes your stomach drop because you think maybe this is finally the person coming to tell you whether your entire life is about to change.I’ve been sitting in the emergency room waiting area long enough that I’ve memorized the stain on the tile across from me.Bree disappeared ten minutes ago to find coffee.Logan is sitting two chairs away, elbows on his knees, staring at his phone without actually looking at it. He offered to stay beside me, but I told him I needed space.Not because I wanted to be alone.Because I didn’t know what I was supposed to feel.My dad is alive.That should be enough.That should be the only thing that matters.But sitting here under fluorescent lights that make everyone look sick, all I can think about is the fact that three days ago I was standing in his apartment watching strangers carry his be
The Rogue Next Door Chapter 121
ColeThe roar of the crowd hit me before I ever stepped into the tunnel.There wasn’t a sound quite like seventy thousand people celebrating a win. It rolled through the stadium like thunder, shaking the concrete beneath my cleats while the marching band blasted the fight song somewhere behind us. Sweat clung to the back of my neck, my jersey was grass-stained, and every muscle in my body ached in the best possible way.This was why I played.Not for the headlines.Not for the NIL deals.Not even for the scouts who had started showing up every Saturday.For moments like this.For walking off the field knowing every hour in the weight room, every film session, every sprint until I thought I was going to throw up had been worth it.Jake slammed into my shoulder hard enough to nearly knock my helmet off.“You beautiful son of a bitch!”I laughed, shoving him back.“You caught the touchdown.”“Yeah, but you threw it.”“I threw it because you were finally open.”“Oh, now we’re insulting me
The Rogue Next Door Chapter 120
Chapter 120MayaEverything around me turned into noise.The marching band was playing.The student section was on its feet.People were hugging each other after Cole’s touchdown pass, high-fiving strangers, screaming until their voices cracked.I couldn’t hear any of it.My eyes stayed locked on my phone.Five missed calls.One text from Dad.Then another from someone claiming to be with the sheriff’s office.For a second, I honestly wondered if I was reading it wrong. Maybe it wasn’t my father. Maybe there was another Robert Bennet somewhere in Polk County.Maybe…“Maya?”Logan’s voice cut through the panic swirling in my head.I looked up, and the smile on his face disappeared almost instantly.“What happened?”I couldn’t answer.My mouth had gone dry.Instead, I turned the phone toward him.His eyes moved across the screen, and I watched the exact moment he reached the last message.His expression changed.“Okay,” he said quietly, calm enough that it almost made me panic more. “Le
The Rogue Next Door Chapter 119
MayaI never understood football.That probably sounds ridiculous considering I’ve spent the last few months surrounded by football players, lived next door to an entire house full of them, and somehow ended up dating the quarterback everyone on campus seemed to worship.But before Cole, football had always looked the same to me.Twenty-two men crashing into each other while thousands of people screamed from the stands.That was the extent of my understanding.Now?Now I couldn’t stop seeing all the little things I never noticed before.The way Cole stood in the huddle with complete confidence while eleven other players looked at him waiting for instructions. The way the offensive line gathered around him before every series, helmets nearly touching as he pointed toward the defense and adjusted something I’d never be able to understand. The way his teammates slapped his shoulder pads when they jogged onto the field, trusting him with every possession.It wasn’t just about throwing a f
The Rogue Next Door Chapter 118
ColeGame days always started the same.Long before the stadium filled with screaming fans. Long before the marching band took the field. Long before reporters started shoving microphones into players’ faces, there was this strange stretch of quiet that belonged only to us. It was the calm before everything sped up, and after three years of college football, I’d learned to appreciate it.Usually.Today wasn’t one of those days.I sat in front of my locker with my elbows resting on my knees, staring at my helmet sitting on the shelf across from me. The polished black shell reflected the fluorescent lights overhead, and for the first time in a long time, I wasn’t thinking about defensive coverages or the game plan Coach had drilled into us all week.I was thinking about six NFL scouts.Six.Coach had repeated that number so many times this week that it had practically become part of the playbook. Every throw would be evaluated. Every decision dissected. Every mistake magnified. It wasn’
The Rogue Next Door Chapter 117
MayaBy Thursday morning, I had convinced myself everything was under control.Which should have been my first clue that it absolutely wasn’t.I sat in the library surrounded by enough textbooks to qualify as a small construction project, highlighting notes for my philosophy midterm while my laptop displayed three different scholarship deadlines I still needed to complete. My planner was open beside me, every hour of the next week color-coded with classes, work shifts, study sessions, and exactly one line that simply read:Cole’s Game – Saturday.I stared at it for a second longer than I should have.The words looked almost out of place on the page.A month ago, my planner would have laughed at the idea of scheduling football games. My weekends had always been reserved for extra shifts at the diner or catching up on assignments. Every hour had a purpose because every hour mattered.Now…Now there was someone who mattered too.That realization still caught me off guard sometimes.My ph
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