Yours For Now; Mine For A Year
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head bowed as he reached for the traveller's ba
bother
my car whose door was opened by
ag in the boot of the car, bef
e were soon leaving the
thoughts wandered to how lon
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ected from me, being the wo
reaks which I wouldn't want to spend travelling from ot
wrong, I love p
of thirty, I sensed I w
st that, for me, after the ankle injury two months ago,
ven a six month brea
dn't be able to f
d would be com
I had a se
o one of New York's biggest companies, and after thirty yea
years, I could fin
and finally a few minutes away from seeing my
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single again this holiday?" Katie greete
retrieved my phone from the poc
d being single every time." She co
having someone as a date." Which wa
ng on. "Still, I feel like it might help your
, because I was sure
ing even without fe
writer, I had my own secrets
t as fantasy, but certainly not
ve
onship had helped to f
nosed with pancreatic cancer, and she left us, no
new then and there that
didn't have a happy ending by creating sto
in love, but I was able to
distracted during this
d, seeming to understand that I wasn't interested in the love discussion a
inking ba
be a holiday. But for me, it
genres of novels except
someone like me who kne
aving for the sports genre and so ton
s to them, I had to submit a one to m
aid what I was already aware of. "Why not football
nst the couch, "but Suzy's
shifted to disg
I was) and the second best writer worldwide, but th
r saw her, the little times we actually
ite about sports, I'd told them I co
going to write a football ro
she wouldn't end up being the best writer
with another famous sport. The first th
e problem. I hated sports
sked, "what do you plan on doing t
ted in a shrug.
from me, "you want to learn? You want
ht since I was terrible at sitting do
ut sport, I'd cer
ter option?" I asked
etball player," before I could offer her a
le just for fun, but, "where on earth
d, her coffee brown hair moving with
d. "And where wo
gaze shifted to whatever was ov
voted to see the figure
ntion. His sharp jawline, prominent cheekbones and pierci
rs and powerful build that
, and strangely enough, I
filling the room. His eyes seemed to sear holes
bout Katie's presence