Page 2 of Scores Of The Heart

Things have been going well with her, we’ve just been making leeway, going slow, so I’m looking forward to spending some time with her, away from the team and everyone else.

I decide to text Stacey back while Cindy is taking a shower.

This distraction is unwanted right now, even if it makes me feel like an asshole for thinking it.

Me

Stace, it was a surprise to get your message. What did you want to talk about?

There’s no point in sugar-coating it.

A message pings straight back.

Stacey

Today Ty. I need to talk to you today

I shake my head. Not gonna happen since I’m not even in Seattle.

In the end, we both agreed to the split. She wanted all of my time, every second, and she knew I couldn’t give her my undivided attention, not with the schedule I have.

I travel a lot. That’s how it is.

Me

I can’t today, I’m not in Seattle. I’ll be back after the weekend

I keep my phone in my hand because the bubble immediately appears.

Stacey

It’s urgent

Since it’s the first time we’ve contacted each other since the breakup, I’m more than confused.

Me

How urgent?

Surely it can’t be some crazy getting back together thing after all this time?

Why now?

It seems unlikely—but what else could she want?

The bubble text appears again as she types. I’m kinda starting to get a little edgy now.

And I never really get edgy. I’m sure if something bad had happened, she would have just called me?

I watch the bubble as it disappears. Then a few seconds go by and it moves again… For fuck’s sake. This is driving me nuts. Just as I’m thinking about leaving the room to call her quickly, two words catch my attention, blurring everything else in my vision.

I hold the phone away, as if distance will somehow improve the contents of her message.

It doesn’t.

Everything that could rock me to my core appears in those two little words as my heart hammers in my chest.

Words that shock so much, I feel the blood draining from my face.

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