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Was she on the phone with Hunter Graves?

Disgusted with hi to that conclusion, Kyle turned to the television and forced his attention back to the game, but it was all just a swirl of purple, white and blue on a green background

Falling in love with Melody had been the most incredible experience of his life No wohts like this, and their love the joy and found himself unable to shake the ever-present doubts that lurked in his subconscious, fears that nothing that felt so good could last forever

Based on how his forone, he’d braced himself for the inevitable end of their relationship, prepared his between theotten better He’d loosened the reins of control and started to open up And then she’d gone on tour and their physical separation had created an eulf

The da photo of her and Hunter in New York had come at a point when too much ti relationship was Neither one of theh confidence in their connection to weather such an e his thumb into the spot

There was another jab to his ribs “She’s off the phone”

“Thanks” Kyle got to his feet and headed for the terrace

Melody was on her way in They , blocking her fro the house

“Look,” he said without preliht so we could talk”

“You didn’t co?”

Kyle didn’t crack a shed in defeat He knew she hated when he shut down like this, but he’d grown up building walls around his ey blocked pain and disappointment Unfortunately, as his therapist liked to put it, it also kept hi joy”

He’d started seeing Dr Warner when his baseball career abruptly ended a few years earlier after a string of shoulder and elbow injuries led to surgery and he was unable toto see a shrink filled him with shame and embarrassment In fact, he’d let himself sink into some pretty dark mental territory before he’d made his first appoint a career he loved left hi more vulnerable than he kne to handle

His dad would say a real man would suck it up and deal with his proble to some head shrinker In Brent Tailor’s world, men didn’t talk about all that touchy-feely crap A real , he fixed theht a real s

“We need to sort out what’s going on between us,” he said, stepping outside, herding her away from the family room and the safety of their friends

“I don’t knohere to start”

“Your stuff is still at my place in LA, but you haven’t been there since the tour ended Are you co back?”

“I don’t know”