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“All she knows is that OutdoorNow gave you the sponsorship deal because of your relationship.”
“She overheard what my agents said. I fired him, the fucker. He spun this all around.”
“Did you tell that to OutdoorNow?”
I stopped, turned to face him. “I told them point blank at the meeting in Chicago.”
“So you let perception and assumption win.”
I ran a hand over the back of my sweaty neck. “What the fuck does that mean?”
A guy on a bike whizzed by and a dog barked in the distance. It was a busy day at the park.
“It means OutdoorNow doubted you for the role because of that bar fight. The media spun the shit out of that to make money.”
“Tell me something I don’t know.” I kicked a pebble on the path and sent it flying.
“Then OutdoorNow made assumptions about you and Lindy that swayed them the other way.”
“Right. But I set them straight that Lindy wasn’t part of the deal.”
“Did you set them straight about the wedding?”
“No, because it’s none of their fucking business.”
“You could have turned down the deal. If they only make assumptions about you, then why would you want it?”
“One, because if I keep correcting people on how they perceive me, then I’ll never do anything else. Two, because it’s tens of millions of dollars. I’ve already told them to donate it all to my charity. I don’t want the fucking money. If I didn’t sign, they’d get someone else and then the charity wouldn’t get a dime.”
“Lindy’s made assumptions about you. Why would you want her?”
“Because I love her!” I shouted. A breeze kicked up and helped dry the sweat clinging to my skin.
“And all she wanted was a marriage based on love, which is actually what’s going on.”
I ran a hand through my sweaty hair, getting more frustrated the longer he talked. “Christ, you’re not fucking helping. You don’t think I don’t know this? That I’m not losing my shit every moment of every day? I love her and am married to the woman I want, but I can’t give her what she needs. Me, being around. I can’t commute from Hunter Valley to the practice rink every morning. I can’t wake up with her day in and day out. Solve shit like a tree in her house. I can’t do anything about it for a couple of years, unless I get injured.”
“Don’t even mention that.”
“I’m just saying,” I replied, letting him know I wasn’t going to get myself injured to get out of my Silvermines contract. “But telling my lawyer to send her divorce papers to make her happy didn’t fucking kill me? Si, I had the fucking ring all along.”
“What?” he asked, wide eyed.
“Right after Farrah’s wedding. Remember I brought Bridget from Hunter Valley to confront him at the hotel?”
He nodded. “Lindy and Mallory were with me. Lindy had to work.” On her romance book. “I told Mallory then and there I was going to marry Lindy.”
“You’re shitting me.”
I shook my head. “She went with me to help pick out a ring. I always knew.”
He shook his head, started walking.
“Tell her. Tell Lindy this.”
“Why? I’m just a fling. She made that clear all along and I still can’t be permanent.”
“Then why was she so upset?” he asked. “If all you were was a quick fuck or two, then why did she freak? Why did she stay at Mallory’s and cry the entire week?”
