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“Yes, but it was better than staying a part of soed “Besides,with Nic And you,” she added shyly

I reached for her hand, letting her fingers entwine intohurt The idea of letting someone in scared the hell out of me

“For what it’s worth, its his loss, letting you go,” I round I saw her smile out of the corner of my eye She squeezed my hand as we continued to walk

“So what about you? You were married too yes?” she asked

I nodded “Just out of high school Way too young We lost our baby late pregnancy which led to things just breaking down froed Se squeezed my hand

“Wow, that h, she mumbled

“It was, but things happen You can’t change them, you just have to learn from them”

She smiled up at me “You’re so positive,” she murmured softly “I should take a leaf out of your book” I chuckled It wasn’t that I was positive, I just tried not to dwell on things I couldn’t change

Back at the aparted atin the s so loudly I was sure she could feel it She pulled back and smiled at me

“Night Coop”

We now stood outside her roons ofI moved her arm around my waist as she stared up atin the smell of her hair, her perfuan to work my way down over her collarbone All I wanted to do was feel uilt I felt fro to her about my job

My hand touched her cheek as I leaned in to kiss her Our lips ether in perfect sync

“‘Night,” Iif I didn’t leave her right then, I’d regret it toainst the wall and watched as she disappeared into her roo her leave me was so hard

I couldn’t sleep I’d been tossing and turning for two hours, and every time I closed my eyes, I saw her All I wanted was to fall asleep and drea with her in every possible way

Throwing the sheets back in frustration, I climbed out of bed and put my robe on I walked past her roo rabbed a can of soda and gulped half of it down in one hit Walking over to the balcony, I opened the door and stepped out onto the cool concrete