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Conner nodded. "Yeah, I just dropped my wife off as well. She's flying home for her sister's baby shower. I told her I'd go, but I have training camp starting Monday."
Lucas just nodded as he watched a plane take off. He knew it wasn’t Sadie’s plane, but it didn't seem to help.
"Are you good, man?" Conner asked.
"I just kind of feel like I'm sending my girl into a mess. I wish I could be there for her."
"How so?"
Conner had been the captain of their team in high school. He was pretty sure Conner had been the captain of every team he'd ever played on. Something about him just oozed confidence and support, so he shouldn’t have been surprised when he started pouring out the whole story to him.
"So let me get this straight," Conner said, stopping him. "You're dating Sadie from Before First Sight?"
Lucas nodded.
"Damn. Sasha and I have been watching that show. The guy she was supposed to marry is a real dickhead."
"Yeah, he really messed with her head. Now she's going to deal with the reunion show plus a bunch of family shit."
"And she doesn't want you to go?"
Lucas shrugged. "I mean, I offered to go, and she told me not to. But I'm not going to lie, there's a big part of me that wants to hop on the next plane to Nashville just to be there if she needs me."
"Do it."
"Really? You don't think I'll be crossing a boundary or anything?"
"She doesn't even have to know you're there. But if she changes her mind and wants you there, you're at least in the same city."
Lucas cocked his head as he pondered that.
"I mean, where's the harm in that?" Conner asked.
"Ya know... I think I just might do that."
Next thing he knew he was sitting in the gate waiting for the next plane to Indianapolis where he would catch a connecting flight to Nashville. This may be the most impulsive thing he'd ever done. He only had the change of clothes he kept in his truck, but he could figure all that out once he got to Nashville. At least that way he would be close by if Sadie changed her mind.
CHAPTER 36
SADIE
Sadie was pacing in her hotel room. The mixer was in five minutes. All she needed to do was go in there and say hi. She didn't have to stay long. And there was a part of her that was excited to see some of the women from the cast, but she didn’t want to see Ryan.
Tomorrow she was filming her last interview before going out to dinner with her family. The next day was the reunion. She’d been dreading this since she walked away from the show.
Why had she not told Lucas to come with her? All she wanted right now was his steady presence, but she was in her hotel room all alone fighting off nerves and a sinking feeling in her chest.
It was time. She could do this. Once she was in the elevator, she rode it down to the main floor where it opened out into the lobby. She could already see the cameras and the bar that was full of the cast and producers. And there was Ryan sitting at the end of the bar with one of the other guys from the show.
"Sadie," a voice said tentatively beside her. There next to her was Becca, one of the girls who left the show happily married.
"Hi Becca," she said, pulling her into a hug.
"It's so good to see you. I've tried to text, but you never answered."
"I know, I just needed space after everything."
"I totally get it. Have you watched any of the online fall out?"
