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“You’re doing much more than talking, cowboy.”
“From what I remember, you wanted much more from me.”
“Yeah, well from what I remember.” I folded my arms over my chest. “You didn’t want to give me anything. Including your friendship.”
“Trust me, sugar, it was never that I didn’t want to.”
“Right… I guess I have that effect on men.”
He zeroed in on me. “Care to elaborate?”
I winked at him. “There are too many men on my roster to do that.”
His jaw clenched. “Last time I remember, you were a virgin.”
“Last time I remember,” I mocked, “you kicked me out of your bedroom.”
“Hazel, that was another life.” Stepping toward me, he broke the small distance between us.
“Another life that’s blended into this one.”
“I’m not the same guy I was back then.”
“What changed?”
He didn’t hesitate in acknowledging, “My mother died.”
I was rendered speechless.
“I went through a lot after that.”
“I can only imagine since you shut me out.”
“I know.”
“That’s all you have to say for yourself?”
With a sincere expression, he communicated, “I have no excuse for my behavior other than I was broken for a very long time.”
“And what put you back together?”
“Time, but also realizing that life is short, and we only get one.”
“I see.”
“Do you?”
“Listen,” I stressed, mirroring his expression. “I’m glad you’re in a better place, Ledger. It’s all I ever wanted for you.”
“It all felt like it happened so fast. First you, then her, then you again. I lost so much in a matter of a year, and seeing you right now just puts everything into perspective for me.”
“Ledger, I—”
“How many men have you been with?”
I scoffed. “That’s what you’re thinking about?”
“That’s not an answer.”
