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“So,” Heather turned to uy?”

“There is no guy I told you and Pres that”

She scooped souy? All the secret texts and phone calls? There’s no one?”

I didn’t want to be interrogated and I didn’t want to miss the scene where the couple went on their first date He was taking her to the ballpark for a candlelit picnic

“It’s my mom That’s all She’s in Dallas and she worries when I travel She’s one of those hover mothers, you know? A dance mom”

Heather laughed “I think we all have dance uy”

“No, but what about you?” I wasn’t paying attention and dropped a dollop of ice crea

She rolled her eyes “I wish I tried online dating, but that was full of creepy weirdos who found out I was a Warrior and then lied about what they did for a living Presley set me up with one of her brother’s friends, but that was a disaster I’hed “I don’t know It seeht now to find someone Do you feel like that?”

I chewed on my bottom lip What I should tell her was that it was couy would show up out of nowhere and turn her world upside down andelse seem less important He would be there for her He would surprise her and ro for It orth all the lonely nights that came before his existence

“Oh, I knohat youis the worst” I feltto her She had done so much for me

“Oh, here’s the best part” She turned up the movie with the remote

We both sighed as the pitcher kissed the reporter on third base It eet and sappy But he was clearly an a

“See, that’s what I want” Heather whispered “All of that”

I watched and realized that was exactly what I had

By the time we flew back to Aust