they will help me kick your ass.”
Madison tried to separate them but she couldn’t. Mike hit his chest. “I honestly don’t care. Bring it on.”
Hunter laughed. “You know, she thinks that you are this knight in shining armor but she’s so naïve. Do you always prey on women with broken hearts? It’s a scummy thing to do, man. I knew from the minute you laid eyes on you that you wanted in her pants. You didn’t hide it very well. She may not have noticed but I did. You were just waiting in the wings.”
Mike laughed. “You were the one who destroyed her and I’m getting blamed? What would have happened if I wasn’t home that night? You left her in a fucking parking lot, Hunter! She was crying, heartbroken and confused. What if someone came along before I did? Do you ever think of anyone else but yourself? You need to grow up.”
Madison left the room in tears as she heard Mike call for her but she didn’t care. She couldn’t handle the fighting. She ran out the front doors and towards her car.
“Madison? Is that you? Why are you always crying?”
She turned and spotted Dr. Allen standing on the sidewalk. She wiped her eyes again. “You must think I’m a mess.”
He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. “You aren’t a mess but I am worried about you. What is going on tonight?”
She reached into her car and grabbed a tissue. “I’m fine, really. Please just go back to your event. I don’t want to ruin your night.”
He leaned against her car. “I was leaving for the evening, so you aren’t ruining anything. Would you like to talk?”
Her eyes glanced at the front doors as Mike walked out. When he reached her, he looked at Greg. “Who are you?”
Madison spoke up. “Mike, this is one of my professors, Dr. Allen.”
Greg reached his hand out. “Nice to meet you.” Mike politely shook his hand but looked back at Madison. “Are you ok?”
“I need to go. Please tell Alicia that I will be over first thing in the morning. I can’t be here.”
Mike pleaded. “Let me drive you home. I know I was an ass in there and lost my cool.”
Greg looked at Madison. “Are you sure you don’t need help?”
Mike quickly looked back at him. “What does this have to do with you?”
Madison gasped. “Oh my God, why are you being so rude? He saw me crying and wanted to make sure I was ok. What the hell is going on tonight? I need to leave.” She jumped into her car and disappeared into the night.
She knew that she didn’t want to go to her apartment because Mike would find her and she didn’t want to see anyone at that moment. She pulled into Carter’s driveway and sat there. She heard her cell phone ring as she looked at it. “Hey Alicia.”
“What’s going on? I left for a second and all hell broke loose. Where are you?”
“I’m at your place but don’t tell anyone. I’m going to go and sit on your deck until you get home. Since you have my dress for tomorrow, can I spend the night?”
“Of course, Maddy but are you ok?”
“I will be. I will see you when you get home.”
“There is a spare key tucked away by the front porch if you need to go inside. We should be home within the hour.”
Madison walked around the side of the house and up onto the deck. She found a blanket by the sliding door and wrapped it around herself as she sat at their table. She thought back to her life before she moved. It was quiet, peaceful but she wanted more to life than being ignored. But now that she had two men fighting to be in her life, she couldn’t handle it. Maybe she needed to go back home. Maybe this was a failed experiment.
She turned when she heard footsteps on the walkway. She was about to get up when she spotted Hunter waving an invisible flag. “Give me five minutes, Madison.”
“Hunter, I don’t care what you have to say. I wanted some peace and quiet. How did you even find me? I swear I’m going to kill Alicia.”
“It wasn’t her. Common sense told me
Madison tried to separate them but she couldn’t. Mike hit his chest. “I honestly don’t care. Bring it on.”
Hunter laughed. “You know, she thinks that you are this knight in shining armor but she’s so naïve. Do you always prey on women with broken hearts? It’s a scummy thing to do, man. I knew from the minute you laid eyes on you that you wanted in her pants. You didn’t hide it very well. She may not have noticed but I did. You were just waiting in the wings.”
Mike laughed. “You were the one who destroyed her and I’m getting blamed? What would have happened if I wasn’t home that night? You left her in a fucking parking lot, Hunter! She was crying, heartbroken and confused. What if someone came along before I did? Do you ever think of anyone else but yourself? You need to grow up.”
Madison left the room in tears as she heard Mike call for her but she didn’t care. She couldn’t handle the fighting. She ran out the front doors and towards her car.
“Madison? Is that you? Why are you always crying?”
She turned and spotted Dr. Allen standing on the sidewalk. She wiped her eyes again. “You must think I’m a mess.”
He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. “You aren’t a mess but I am worried about you. What is going on tonight?”
She reached into her car and grabbed a tissue. “I’m fine, really. Please just go back to your event. I don’t want to ruin your night.”
He leaned against her car. “I was leaving for the evening, so you aren’t ruining anything. Would you like to talk?”
Her eyes glanced at the front doors as Mike walked out. When he reached her, he looked at Greg. “Who are you?”
Madison spoke up. “Mike, this is one of my professors, Dr. Allen.”
Greg reached his hand out. “Nice to meet you.” Mike politely shook his hand but looked back at Madison. “Are you ok?”
“I need to go. Please tell Alicia that I will be over first thing in the morning. I can’t be here.”
Mike pleaded. “Let me drive you home. I know I was an ass in there and lost my cool.”
Greg looked at Madison. “Are you sure you don’t need help?”
Mike quickly looked back at him. “What does this have to do with you?”
Madison gasped. “Oh my God, why are you being so rude? He saw me crying and wanted to make sure I was ok. What the hell is going on tonight? I need to leave.” She jumped into her car and disappeared into the night.
She knew that she didn’t want to go to her apartment because Mike would find her and she didn’t want to see anyone at that moment. She pulled into Carter’s driveway and sat there. She heard her cell phone ring as she looked at it. “Hey Alicia.”
“What’s going on? I left for a second and all hell broke loose. Where are you?”
“I’m at your place but don’t tell anyone. I’m going to go and sit on your deck until you get home. Since you have my dress for tomorrow, can I spend the night?”
“Of course, Maddy but are you ok?”
“I will be. I will see you when you get home.”
“There is a spare key tucked away by the front porch if you need to go inside. We should be home within the hour.”
Madison walked around the side of the house and up onto the deck. She found a blanket by the sliding door and wrapped it around herself as she sat at their table. She thought back to her life before she moved. It was quiet, peaceful but she wanted more to life than being ignored. But now that she had two men fighting to be in her life, she couldn’t handle it. Maybe she needed to go back home. Maybe this was a failed experiment.
She turned when she heard footsteps on the walkway. She was about to get up when she spotted Hunter waving an invisible flag. “Give me five minutes, Madison.”
“Hunter, I don’t care what you have to say. I wanted some peace and quiet. How did you even find me? I swear I’m going to kill Alicia.”
“It wasn’t her. Common sense told me
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