divide and conquer

The official announcement from the team comes while Pierre is in the shower. When he leaves the hotel bathroom, drying his hair with a towel, he’s surprised to find his phone buzzing where he’d left it on the bed earlier. He tries to remember if something had happened, or if he’d done something, but comes up blank.There’s a string of notifications overflowing his phone, the buzzing continuous, and he opens the one from his teammate first. As soon as he sees its contents, the confusion in his brain clears up, and he’s left staring at his screen whilst trying to come up with a proper reply. < They won’t renew my contract.Even though they’d been expecting it, it leaves a bitter taste in Pierre’s mouth. Quickly, he checks the rest of the social media accounts and is relieved to see the decision hasn’t been made public yet.At least he didn’t find out over Instagram, Pierre thinks bitterly, throwing his phone on his bed.They didn’t want to open that can of worms, but Pierre has a feeling it's already opened itself.