Corralled
““Be honest, okay? If I said, ‘Kyle, let’s move in together,’ you wouldn’t yell, ‘Yippee!’ No. You’d balk. Backtrack. Suggest we take it slow. One, because where would we live? Colorado Springs?
Rawlins? Cheyenne? Two, when would we see each other? I switch circuits, remember? I won’t always be assigned to the CRA.”
“Can you ask to be signed strictly to the CRA?”
“No. I’m part- time. Heck, I’d prefer no travel and stable nineto- five hours.”
That floored him. “You would?”
Lainie jabbed her finge...r at him. “Yes. And that right there is why it wouldn’t work between you and me long- term, Kyle. You’re just now getting your career back on track. You’ll be chasing eight for the next couple years, or at least until you get the demons out of your soul. Settling down isn’t on your itinerary. Maybe if you were forced out of the rodeo life, but I’ll bet you weren’t exactly pleasant when you were recovering from the blown- out knee that sidelined you for an entire year, were you?”MoreLess
Rawlins? Cheyenne? Two, when would we see each other? I switch circuits, remember? I won’t always be assigned to the CRA.”
“Can you ask to be signed strictly to the CRA?”
“No. I’m part- time. Heck, I’d prefer no travel and stable nineto- five hours.”
That floored him. “You would?”
Lainie jabbed her finge...r at him. “Yes. And that right there is why it wouldn’t work between you and me long- term, Kyle. You’re just now getting your career back on track. You’ll be chasing eight for the next couple years, or at least until you get the demons out of your soul. Settling down isn’t on your itinerary. Maybe if you were forced out of the rodeo life, but I’ll bet you weren’t exactly pleasant when you were recovering from the blown- out knee that sidelined you for an entire year, were you?”MoreLess
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