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Oh, believe me, he had a heart.
One time when I was nineteen, I went for a drive with a friend out on a dirt road that he told me to stay away from. I wanted to be cool and have some fun. I was an adult - dammit! - I could do what I wanted.
Five minutes into my joyride, I hit a rock and blew out a tire.
When I called my grandfather for help, he showed up, changed my tire for me, then followed me off that dirt road.
He didn’t say a word about it either.
He hugged me tight, kissed the top of my head, and told me he was glad I was okay.
I exited story time to check on my son.
Travis and Mitch each had a plate stacked a mile high with meatballs.
They sat together in a corner, bored, but joking around and laughing.
From the corner of my eye, I saw a figure take up the entire doorway.
When I turned my head and saw Henry, my jaw almost dropped.
I couldn’t get over how damn good he looked.
In fact, everyone took a second to look at Henry.
This monster of a man.
Walking into the fire hall, walking right toward me.
With Henry just a few feet away, a sense of relief hit me, then I felt a sudden jolt of ew as I felt someone touch the middle of my back.
This was the last thing I needed.
Tad standing next to me, looking slightly prideful. As though he… owned me…
I saw the look in Henry’s eyes.
Last time I saw that look he was getting ready to pummel my high school boyfriend.
“Thanks for coming to this,” Tad said. “Means a lot to all of us.”
Oh, you are slime…
Henry looked at me curiously.
I stepped to my right, out of Tad’s creepy reach.
“Something to drink?” I offered Henry.
He looked around. “I’m good on my own.”
I pleaded with him with my eyes.
I wanted to tell him everything. Yet I didn’t know why it mattered so much to me. In a day or so - maybe even today - Henry would get on a flight and be back to his normal life. His professional hockey player life. He had nothing here. No business in a small town like this. And definitely nothing to do with me. A single mother?
It almost felt like I was being pushed into the arms of Tad.
That made me want to vomit.
