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Aubry relaxed her shoulders "Thanks I think so"

"How long has this been going on?"

"A little while now I like him, Mom"

"Obviously you do, since I don’t recall the last ti to like it"

Her mother dismissed that statement with a wave of her hand "Your dad wants you to reet over it"

"He’s always talking about how I should focus on medicine, to the exclusion of a social life"

"He worries about you, and your father is a career man That’s always been his priority But he likes Tucker I don’t see this as a problem"

They talked dates that would work, and she felt a lotTucker to officially have dinner with her parents

"Hey, sweetheart" Her dad finally ca down to kiss her cheek "I’m sorry I was tied up earlier"

She smiled up at him "It’s not a proble soood, Dad I wanted to catch the galad to see you Just don’t stay up too late"

When he walked away, she looked at her ht years old He’ll never see hed "He’s alorried about you And it’s his prerogative as your father Indulge him"

"Fine"

She settled in to watch Tucker pitch He looked good tonight, in more ways than one In typical fashion, he looked hot as hell in his Rivers uniforiven up several hits, but overall his pitches were hitting their htly disinterested concentration Noith Tucker pitching, she took more of a vested interest, her stomach tied up in knots each ti his movements, the release of the ball and the batter’s reaction to it

It was nerve-wracking She didn’t kno Tucker did this