Page 110 of Home Field Advantage
“So if something were to happen with me and Poppy, you’d be okay with it?”
She scoffs, waving me off. “Dallas, please. I’m okay withwhatever makes you happy. As long as it makes Sage happy, too.”
“We’re not here much longer, though.”
“Do you think you’d want to stay in Bluestone Lakes?”
The question catches me off guard because it’s not something I had considered until just now. Would I want to stay here? Can I see myself living here and giving up baseball completely?
“Clark is waiting for a decision from me before we head back.”
“Do you know what you’ll do?”
I shake my head.
She looks away, biting her bottom lip to fight a smile forming on her lips. “Now probably isn’t the best time to tell you, but a few things have come up in the city.”
“Like what?”
“Well, for one, they offered me a permanent spot as head of the obstetrics department team,” she says proudly.
“April, that’s amazing.”
“And, I, kind of, sort of, maybe met someone?” she says, but it comes out like a question.
I laugh. “Didn’t you just tell me you don’t care who I see, and I don’t care who you see. It’s great that you met someone, April.”
“Yeah, I guess you’re right. I guess it puts me at a crossroads. I don’t know what to do because our life is still back in San Francisco.”
“Are you saying you’d like to stay out here possibly?”
She shrugs.
I know she doesn’t want to admit it because we’ve spent our lives around my baseball career. We came out to Wyoming because I wanted her to put her job first for once. I don’t want to be the reason she gives up on that.
“Let’s see what happens in the next few weeks,” I tell her.
“Good idea.”
Everything about this temporary stay here in Bluestone Lakeshas changed me. If this conversation had happened months ago, I’d be saying “Sure, let’s stay.” But here we are, standing in the kitchen of my rental, with level heads, as we figure out the next step.
Except now, I can’t stop thinking about what would happen if I did stay here.
CHAPTER 28
YOU’RE NOT PLANNING ON USING THAT LIST WITH ANYONE ELSE, ARE YOU?
Poppy
When I’m anxious, I clean.
I don’t know what Dallas has told April about us. I mean, I don’t even know much about us, other than I want him to keep kissing me, and I fall asleep thinking of the only orgasm I’ve had in my life from him. I didn’t want to stick around and be the reason Dallas argued with his ex-wife for my being there.
As I move around the house cleaning things that are already clean, my head goes to the worst case scenario for everything that happened today. I think of things like April calling the school to tell them about Dallas and me, or her telling him they are going back to the city tomorrow. It’s irrational, but I don’t know anything about her. All things are out of my control, but things I can’t stop my brain from wondering.
I’ve wiped down the kitchen counters and coffee table already. I grab the stack of notes, checklists, and papers off my nightstand and bring them into the living room to put them out of the way. Then, I grab the dusting rag and solution to wipe down the dresser. Before I can put anything back where it was after I’m done, there’s a knock on my door.
Opening the door, I find Dallas on the other side. I lookaround him to see if Sage or anyone is with him and notice he’s all alone.
