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“Hazel.”
“Atlas, no. You’re not going to walk in here and try to smooth talk me. Do you remember the one thing you said? You were always a miserable asshole. From the second I got picked and walked up on that stage. You were just mean all the time. But you told me you would never lie to me. That’s the thing, Atlas.The one fucking thing…”
My throat tightened.
My eyes filled with tears.
“It’s not as simple as you think.”
“How? You’re getting traded to a team that’s on the opposite side of the country. Right? That’s as simple as can be.”
Atlas hung his head. “All I could think about was how to stay and make it work for us, Hazel. I had no idea what your intentions were with the baby. If you wanted to live in your grandmother’s house or not.”
“Wait a second,” I said. “Are you using me as an excuse?”
“No,” Atlas said. “I never would.”
“You just fucking did, Atlas!”
“I didn’t want you to feel forced to move.”
“Get out,” I said. “You do not get to come in here and try to twist things around on me. Get out of here.”
“I was thinking about retiring. That’s why I didn’t say a word. I thought I would call it a career. Leave the game. I’d have you. I’d have our daughter. I’d make a new life.”
“Without telling me why?”
Atlas’s jaw tightened.
“You’re digging a hole, Atlas. Next thing you’re going to do is tell me you love me and you did this out of love.”
“I do love you, Hazel.”
I believed him.
I loved him too.
But right now?
It wasn’t the moment to talk about love.
I turned my head. “I want you to leave, Atlas. Okay? I don’t want to talk to you right now. Everything we do right now is for our daughter. I just want to hold my little Juniper Evelyn in my arms…”
Atlas listened to my wishes and left me alone.
Tears leaked down my cheeks.
I took a deep breath and looked at the door.
Then at the turkey and cheddar sandwich.
I grabbed for it and took a big bite.
With my mouthful of food, I called out…
“Cheers to Hannah’s boobs for this.”
My next visitorcame after I took a nap.
