Chapter 21 : Maybe I’m the Problem

Sharon’s POV

I knew I shouldn't have blamed Douglas. He didn't owe me an explanation about who his friends were, even though some of them had turned out to be really powerful corporate personnel. It also wasn't his duty to find sponsors for the baseball team. But I couldn’t shake the feeling that he had let me down. Why hadn’t he offered the sponsorship deal to his prominent friends? Did he not take his coaching job seriously? Or worse, was his presence at Snowtown College some kind of elaborate joke to him?

These thoughts spun in my mind like a relentless storm as I stared at him. Douglas was trying to explain, his hands up in a gesture of truce, his voice calm but firm. But I wasn’t listening. My chest tightened with frustration. I didn’t want his calm explanations, his rational reasoning. I wanted him to feel the weight of my disappointment, to see how much his indifference was hurting me.

“Sharon, just listen for a second—”