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I ducked inside, hiding my smile from him This one felt different than all those at brunch or yesterday ere surrounded by people

“You never knoho ” He sh brunch and closed the door My heart sank a little more than it should have

And the award goes to…

He got in his side and turned on the radio I was happy to let thestuck withThey always veered into worst case scenarios and iined catastrophes It was a habit after all these years What would be on the other side of the door when I walked into e when I opened it? What song would I sing to Tyler to drown out the shouting matches?

Catastrophizing my life kept me prepared for whatever shit sandwich had been shoved intoto the hope that things would work out How stupid was I?

Things didn’t work out forin the beautiful-people bubble, he’d blow past any hurdles that jumped into his way I’d sure as hellschool, he was being invited on ski trips with classmates and overseas trips where those parents footed the bill Ales, straight into a job with a coed with one of those wealthy parents He’d make it I’d had to claay to where I was now, but he’d have it easier than I ever did

I’d do everything I could to et in my way

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“Cookie?” I held up a plastic-wrapped cookie

Thefried chicken, egg rolls, and shrimp wafted up from the table like a blanket of coing bear Shouldn’t I be less hungry, no longer burning thousands of calories on the field and in the gyed as any coach I’d ever had before

I’d thought after our night in the yurt things would have changed, but less than a week had passed and she’d snapped right back to her rigid self, not a bend in sight