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I flinch when she drops the “L” word so casually, yet it’s not fro

Justthat Patty would assume I am in love with Nora

It makes me think… am I?

I pull outit out of sleep mode “Let me show you a picture of her”

Nora’s face comes up on my hoht here to Dallas It seemed way more symbolic than it really needed to be, but I have my safety net MJ’s pictures will always stay on et what she was to me

“Oh, she’s beautiful” Patty sighs, tilts her head, and studies Nora’s face It’s a great face

“Would MJ have liked her?” Charles asks, and that gives ut

My eyes rise to meet his “Yeah… she would have really liked her”

“That’s all I need to know,” he says, then raises his beer in the air for a silent toast to both MJ and Nora

Laughing, I settle back intomy phone on the table “So… Nora was actually my therapist to start”

“Oh…” Patty squeals, clapping her hands “A forbidden love story”

S, I lifters on e in my time with Nora I’d been on my way out the door to her place when the call ca everyone to the teas and game film reviews

I’d just flown in from our Texas road trip—Dallas, then Houston—and ere slated to have the entire day off today After that is our last hoular season Next week, the playoffs start

So today was the perfect opportunity to spend tireatly these last several days I was gone Our plan was to atteot sick Once we finished that, if I had any say in it, part of the day would be spent in bed Perhaps we’d go out to dinner, or maybe we’d order in and eat in bed

Regardless, I wanted the full day and evening with Nora But with every second that ticks by, said ti wasted