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“Now it’s all , bohee”

“I’ve dated fun-loving women,” he mutters

“Yes, but we’re not dating Just neighbors I get it I rantly violate all the HOA rules”

Legend s me”

“Pretty h and take another miniscule sip of the liquor “But seriously…you need to loosen up just a bit”

His smile slides from his face “Just how am I supposed to do that? Especially if I have a newborn to starting caring for?”

It’s a valid question The ht

I don’t have a long-term solution, but I think I can ease his mind if but for only a moment

Uncurling myself from the couch, I placetoward Legend atches me with dark eyes

When I reach him, I put my hands on his chest…feel the hard thuo to my tiptoes

“Like this” I instruct hi up” and press ame duffel on the floor of the hotel room and loosenout with h we beat Detroit tonight 5–4, I played like shit Our as only thanks to our superior offensive play and the overwheloalie

Granted, I’ve got a few things onoutside shit interfere with my concentration out on the ice is unacceptable to me I was trained by my father well before I ever became a professional player to lock out extraneous bullshit It was his ownthat he passed on to me to keep my senses sharp and my nerves like steel, so I could always perform at my best He’d be disappointed to know my focus was off because of my internal worries, but that’s a secret I’ll never tell hiame because he flies the roundtrip Boston to Atlanta route Monday through Friday He will look up the stats to what threw me off, because he knows his son well I don’t falter under pressure

Not normally