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At her age she has a thousand stories to tell me.
    I take it all in, waving to James as he heads out. We are together for five minutes before a black Range Rover enters the driveway. My stomach balls into a fist of pain. It’s tight, and I think I’m going to throw up.
    Cooper gets out of the truck and when I look at him I’m blown away. I’ve seen him countless times at this point but each and every time I’m taken aback by his beauty.
    He walks toward us. Allison looking over my shoulder at him, I brace myself for the end, because I know in that moment that I won’t ever be in his arms again.
    He probably doesn’t want a mom when he can have anyone he wants. Someone without stretch marks, saggy boobs, or commitments. Someone who is free just for him. I will never be that person because I have two people I love more than my life, and my commitment is to them, always.
    “Hey there, princess, what’s your name?” he asks, looking at Allison, who has put her head in my neck, something she does when she’s shy and unsure about things.
    She looks up at him with her beautiful blue eyes, and I’m afraid that in the end we will both be heartbroken.
    “I’m Awlison and I’m five,” she says from my neck, bringing her hand up and showing him her fingers.
    He laughs at her. “You are very beautiful, just like your mom, you know that?”
    She nods her head, looking at me. “Who are you?” she asks with the innocence only a child can have.
    “I’m Cooper, a friend of your mom’s. She is helping me get better at hockey.”
    That word friend, I don’t know why, but it guts me. It makes me want to shrink down. Friend. I haven’t hated that word more in my life than at this very minute.
    “Baby girl, this is Cooper. He is coming to Mommy’s rink so I can help him. Actually, Matthew was helping me with him today.”
    “Matthew is rwally good at hockey. You can’t beat him, he is the best.” She puts up her head, showing him exactly what team she will always be on.
    He laughs, full on belly laughs at her.
    “Yeah, he really is very, very good. Your mom trained him right. I’m hoping to be just as good as him.”
    She struggles to get down.
    “Allison, why don’t you bring your bag inside and ask Matthew what he wants for supper while I talk to Cooper?”
    “Okay, Momma. I want pizza, so Matthew will want pizza because we love the same things, only I want cheese and no pepperoni. Matthew likes pepperoni, so we have to get some for Matthew. Do you like pepperoni, Mr. Cooper?”
    “I love both.”
    “Good, if you stay, I can share my side with you, because Matthew is a gwowing boy and needs all his food, so he can’t share.”
    “Okay, Allison, go on inside and ask Matthew, please.”
    She walks toward the door, dragging her little suitcase behind her. I hate that suitcase. I hate that I have to share her. I hate that I can’t see her every single day.
    I wait for the door to close before looking back at Cooper. If I’m honest I was giving myself the time to build myself up.
    “What are you doing here, Cooper?”
    “I came to see you. I had to calm down before I said something we both regretted.”
    “I think you said everything you had to say. Don’t worry about what this was, I’ll continue to train you.” Turning around to walk away, his voice stops me.
    “You walk away from me and I will smack that pretty little ass of yours.” He doesn’t even give me a chance to talk. “You think I’m done, is that it? You think because you have kids I’m going to bolt? I know that is what you are thinking. I can see it in your eyes. I know you, baby, even if you don’t want to admit it.”
    “Yes, I don’t think you could have handled me having kids, which is why I didn’t want to tell you. With you, I just wanted to be me. Parker. I didn’t want you to think I was Parker the mom. I love my kids more than myself, but I didn’t want you around them, and before you say anything it was for me. It was