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how that turned out. She’s young. You both are. She’s just had reality slap her in the face. And she probably just came to grips with the fact that the guy she grew up thinking was some kinda hero isn’t. Give her some time.”
    “Huh, I never thought of that. Ya think I should quit the team?”
    “Well no, I wouldn’t go do anything that drastic. Just don’t give up on her. She probably needs as many friends around her right now as she can get.”
    Staring at the ground, Henry rubbed the back of his neck. “Ya know, I thought he was some kinda hero too. I used to think I was a somebody because I knew the guy. He, like, taught me some stuff and I really think it was why I got picked for the team this year. Now I just think he sucks, as a dad, as a human being. I even threw out my Jaguars jersey.”
    “I’m sorry, Henry. Sometimes finding out celebrities are just human beings can be tough.”
    “Look at you. All teacher-like, all mature. You grew up, why couldn’t he? At least you never hurt anybody but yourself. You didn’t cheat on a wife or leave your kid.”
    Jason shrugged. He hadn’t evolved that much. Any of those things could have been Jase, but Henry was right, he’d never been married to any of the women he’d fucked around on. At the time, he hadn’t considered it cheating.
    “I better get goin’, I’m not going to have enough time to eat lunch,” Henry said heading toward the door again. “Thanks, Mr Westlake.”
    “No problem, Henry. Whenever you need to talk, I’m here.”
    He nodded.
    “Hey, you know what? You should meet Jill’s Mom. You’d be perfect for her. And she’s freakin’ hot, man, for a mom. I mean, all the guys think so.”
    Jason smiled. “I’ve met her, Henry.”
    “You have?”
    “Parent-teacher interviews.”
    “Right. Well, then you know. Hot, right?”
    “Well, I’m not sure that I’m supposed to think a student’s mom is hot…”
    “Why not? You’re a teacher, not a robot.”
    Jason lifted his shoulder again.
    “Well, keep it in mind. If this babe you’re workin’ on doesn’t pan out, that is.”
    “Yeah, I’ll keep her in mind.”
    “Have a good weekend, Mr Westlake.”
    “Thanks. You too, Henry.”
    Sighing, Jason turned back to his laptop and examined the picture of Thad Markham. He was a good-looking guy. He could see what had attracted Lainey to him in the first place. Jason flipped through some of the articles, reading the captions and gossip. 
    “Geez, what a sleaze ball.” There were tabloid pictures of him doing anything and everything with all kinds of women, except his wife. Alongside they’d thrown in pictures of Lainey crying or shooing the press away from her front lawn. They called her a gold digger and a cold fish.
    Jason typed in his old band name and clicked images. Similar pictures turned up on his page too. He closed his laptop and took a deep breath. If she caught wind of who he really was and that he’d led the same kind of life at one time, she wouldn’t give him the time of day.
    This wasn’t going to be easy. Lainey and Jill had been through a lot. But he couldn’t wait around and take his time. He needed to make Lainey feel even just a little of what he already was, before she found out about his past. Then it would be too late for her to just walk away. He’d prove to her that he’d changed. One small problem—Jill knew all about his past. All of his students did. The first day of school, he’d laid it all out for them before they had time to hear the rumors or look on the Internet or hear from their parents all about his sordid past.
    After hurrying back to the office, he put Jill’s file where it belonged.

Chapter Three
    Lainey was just about to close the shop for the day when the bell on the door chimed.  Please be a paying customer . A measly seventy dollars in sales for the day would not pay the rent again this month. But then again, if Thad got his way,