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Well, that was unexpected, and he laughed “God, where do I start?”

A slow smile spread across her face, which in turn ain “I so really stupid”

“Well, I’ll share if you do”

“Deal”

“You go first”

She looked surprised at that and took a sip of wine, brows furrowed as if deep in thought “Well, once at a meet, I stumbled out of the blocks, fell sideways, and took out three competitors” Her face lit up, and that adorable dihten “It wouldn’t have been so bad except it was a major meet”

“Shit”

“Shit is right” She grinned “And it was televised to boot After that, everyone called me dippy”

“Dippy?”

“Because I dipped to the right and, like a domino effect, took out the three runners besidethe flu and shouldn’t have been co in the first place, but I was so competitive and wouldn’t listen to anyone Seriously, Sara had a field day with that, and my mother…”

Her voice softened, her eyes shiave me a sweatshirt with Dippy on the front and Domino on the back”

“You told me you ran track”

“I did” She took another sip of wine “I was a darade, I tossed a dead rat at Billy Gleason, and he tried to catch me but couldn’t That’s when I knew I could outrun anybody I ran right up until…” Her face fell “Until I couldn’t” She was silent for a few moments “I loved it I loved the feel of the track beneathbefore me but an open lane to eat up”

He watched her carefully, aware they were broaching a subject that was painful “You must miss it” It wasn’t a question, and he knew the answer before she spoke

“Sos on fire Because inabout anything other than putting one foot in front of the other I’”