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Most telling was the fact that she refused to give ain She said theht of her appointment with Dr Yoffman…just before I went down on her and showed her how ue But since then, she kept the words locked tight I never heard them thereafter, not even when I took her to the airport and dropped her off for her flight

Not after I pulled her into , a soft kiss, told her howher fingers into ht to me Almost desperately

She whispered, "I’ll miss you too So , but in hindsight, they apparentlydifferent to her than they did to oodbye For her, I’ it was permanent

Of course, I don’t know for sure because she won’t fucking talk to e

Five paces froainst the wooden cubbies, where it bounces off and clatters to the floor I shake loves, and sit down on the bench heavily I take a deep breath and prepare, I turn it on and i text My heartbeat picks up and I jab at the text icon, hoping beyond hope it’s froet her off her ass to respond toon the next plane to Portland

Bitter disappointment bubbles from within as I see the text isn’t fro board…the only one who really kno I feel about Olivia, but he’s as clueless as I as of Olivia’s brain She’s refused his calls, but did send him a text that just said she needed some time alone and she’d contact hie to Sutton

Forfrom her Fuck, that pisses me off

While Stevie isn’t who I wanted to hear fros et through to Olivia via her cellphone weren’t working, I decided to circumvent that and reach out to the one person that I know is firmly in my corner

His text was simple Call me I have an idea

For the first time in days, I actually smile It’s a devious smile, because I’oing to figure a way to get to her…toto use Stevie to help

The sound of players sto into the locker roo

"Samuelson…my office…now!" Pretore barks at me I know I’y to care about it My thoughts are consuoing through her head, nothing else really fucking ame We didn’t win, so there was no celebratory party at Houlihan’s, but rather Alex invited me out to a more obscure bar where we could have a beer and "talk" I didn’t feel like talking to hinored hi my shoes off, I flop down on

"Stupid penalty, girlfriend," he chides me I can’t help but smirk, because Stevie has become a reluctant hockey fan Or, rather, he’s become a Garrett Samuelson fan, because Olivia a at ho me on while I ay, causes pain to throb in the center of ht, but it’s doubtful She told me that Maryana doesn’t own a TV