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ass.”
    Daniel shakes his head. “Your mother isn’t an idiot, Tucker. You’re all just holding one another back. I’m suggesting a job two hours away. Not going on the road, which is my first choice.”
    I look down at the desk. “I made a promise.”
    “Not to give your life up.”
    I lean back in the seat and run my hands over my face. He’s telling me everything I want to hear but nothing that I can do anything about. I did make a promise. Nothing about my talent or options changes that.
    The hope in Daniel’s eyes is too much to bear—someone else depending on me—pulling me in an opposite direction. Because I can’t stand to disappoint him, I finally relent. “I’ll think about it.”
    He breaks into a smile and claps me on the back. “I’ll send them your number. You won’t regret this.”
    He’s wrong, I think as he exits the office. I will regret this because if there’s something I’ve learned, it’s that false hope is dangerous.
     
    *
     
    Unfortunately the talk with Daniel left me restless. Edgy and trapped. I take it out on the kids during their game. My anger stresses them out and they start to crumble. Sophie drops a fly ball. Owen strikes out in the seventh inning. It’s unfair for me to act this way, but…right. Life’s not fair. They may as well learn it now.
    I dismiss them after the game, with little more than a grunt. They run to their parents seeking ice cream and soothing. Sophie and Owen catch a ride with someone more pleasant. A normal mom and dad.
    I stalk off the field, throwing the bats into the shed, while Adrian turns off the lights. “I’ve got it man, see you tomorrow,” I yell. Not wanting to deal with my temper tantrum, he leaves me in the dark.
    “Dammit,” I shout when the bats hit the cement floor with a clatter. I’ll clean them up tomorrow. Right now I just need to get out of here.
    “Tucker—“
    Hollis stands between me and the shed door.
    “Not now, Bird.”
    She touches her neck with one hand and reaches for my arm with another. “What’s going on? What is this?”
    “It’s not a good time.”
    “Did something happen?”
    I give her a hard look. “This is it. Me. Didn’t you hear? I’m sure they all told you.”
    “Told me what? And who are ‘they’?”
    “You know, how I’m damaged and lost. I should have made it big, but I’m stuck in this town forever. They pity me.”
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I push past her but she catches me in the shadowy dugout. Cupping my chin with her hand. “I don’t pity you.”
    “You’d be the only girl around who didn’t. The others think they can fuck the pain away.”
    She starts to laugh, removing her hand from my face and clutching her stomach. “Tucker, the girls around here don’t pity you, but that edgy, dark thing you have going on? I’m sure it works for a lot of them.”
    I tense my jaw, because who is this girl? I take a step closer. “Does it work for you?”
    We stare at one another. I can see her eyes flash in the dark and instead of answering she pulls my neck down, kissing my chin, my lips, then my mouth. I taste the salt and butter from the concession stand popcorn on her lips. I take her head into my hands and kiss her back.
    She’s unexpected. Different. I push her against the concrete wall and press my hips into her, the way I would with the other girls. She pulls away and rests her hand on my chest. Her green eyes capture mine and she says, “Calm down. I’m not going anywhere.”
    Her words and assertiveness rattle me and I stare blankly at her face, while the blood rushes to my dick. “What?”
    Again, she doesn’t answer but kisses me again, reaching her fingers in the top of my shorts. I hum at the feeling that courses through me. Her warm fingers against my sensitive skin. All the anger and disappointment of the day rolls away and I lean into her, pressing her hard against the dugout wall. The caged animal inside me roars but I fight him