44: book Six

Authors: Jools Sinclair

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“I said. “I’ll be there in an hour.”I drove over to the soccer fields, my mind on autopilot. I hadn’t talked to Ty since he dropped by Back Street that day. He had called a few times but I didn’t answer. I listened to his messages without returning his calls.I was tired. Tired of the whole thing. We had gone around and around like an airplane circling a fogged-in airport, waiting for the okay to land. But there would never be an okay for us. The radio was dead. So we just kept circling, going ov...er the same territory over and over again. And I had just run out of gas.The sadness had been replaced at first by anger. But now there was only acceptance of the inevitable.In his latest message he offered to play keeper for me while I practiced my shot. Why not? The soccer field was as good a place as any to end it.I turned into the lot, driving down to where we used to practice. Ty’s truck was parked at the far end. I spotted him under one of the crossbars, doing pull ups. I tightened my shoelaces and then dribbled through the frost-covered grass toward him.MoreLess Read More Read Less