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Laura had come over and Amelia told her about the notes

"He loves you He fucked up badly He’s obviously trying to hed "I don’t know You kno I feel about trust"

"Yes, I do But he’s not Frank"

"No He’s not"

"I guess that leaves you with two choices You forgive him and you find your way back to each other, or you walk away forever"

She blinked back tears at the thought of never having Flynn in her life again "I don’t knohat to do, Laura"

"Okay, think about this When you called it quits with Frank, how did it make you feel?"

"Sad In a remote kind of way But also relieved"

"And how do you feel now--about the possibility of ending things with Flynn?"

She turned tear-filled eyes to Laura "It’s tearing me apart I love him so much"

Laura ran her hand up and down Amelia’s arm "I think you have your answer"

Amelia nodded "I think I do"

Laura picked up one of Flynn’s notes and read it "Honey, no one who is that big of an asshole would go to this uys just don’t do this Also, this is the worst poetry I’ve ever read"

Aive hiet your happily ever after started"

"Yes, let’s do that"

THIRTY-FOUR

When Flynn received the text fro him if he’d like to come over to her place for dinner, it was all he could do not to leave practice right then and rush over

But they had a big game this weekend, and his focus had to stay on his teaainst Seattle They were in first place in their division, and determined to stay there It was too close to the end of the season to screw things up now

He was ready for this gah today He felt like they were all prepared to do battle on Sunday

It had been a long grueling day, but once the teas were over with, he headed hoo to A what he was going to say to Aht He had hoped the notes he had sent her this week cos But he needed to write her one ot dressed he went downstairs, took a note card out of the box and wrote out the note He put it in the envelope and tucked it in the pocket of his button-down shirt, then headed over to A her doorbell When she opened the door, he wasn’t sure what kind of reaction to expect, but seeing her tre he had seen in the past week

"Co pork tenderloin for dinner," she said as she headed into the kitchen "I need to check on it"

"Sure" He watched her walk away She earing a flowing dark brown cotton dress with long sleeves and all kinds of ripples at the bottom of the skirt She was barefoot, her hair loose around her shoulders in waves She looked like a gorgeous hippie and all he wanted to do was put his arms around her and hold her for likean hour or two

When she closed the oven door, she lifted her gaze to his "Glass of wine?"