Free Throwing Love #4 (Throwing Love #4) by Nella Tyler Page A

small amount of irritation and ruined
the rest of the day for me. Seriously, what was wrong with him? Did he not
realize that holding onto things like that was going to be our undoing? It was
a mystery to me how bad some men could be at communication. It was actually
pretty frightening.
    I
needed to rally in my best friend to get some advice.

 
 
    Connie ended up coming over after her classes were done for
the day; she really didn't have a choice after I had sent her ten frantic text
messages begging her to come over. I could always count on her to give me a different
perspective on a situation, so I knew one way or another, she would lead me in
the right direction when it came to Bennett. He had won her over the last time
we had hung out, but there was a good chance that he would lose her support
after our conversation. She had a far lesser tolerance for bullshit in
relationships than I did. She was usually the one that bailed on a boyfriend
first because she had exceedingly high standards. Not that I didn't, but in
this particular situation, I was wondering if I was waiting too long to end
something that just wasn't right to begin with. But that was what Connie was
for, to hopefully shed some light on a very dark situation.
    She came in carrying a bottle of wine and that alone put a
smile on my face. “Okay, let’s hear it. What did he do now?” She was smiling
when she said it, which sort of helped.
    I laughed. “Oh wait until you hear this one.” I was really
laughing to avoid exploding out in rage, but laughter was supposed to be the
best medicine, after all.
    I grabbed some wine glasses as Connie settled on the couch.
I joined her and watched as she poured us both some wine. “If we have to, we
can order pizza soon, too. I'm starving.”
    “Sounds good to me, the meatier the better,” I said.
    “So, what's up? What happened to the happy couple? Because I
thought you guys had finally arrived in bliss town.”
    “You would think it could last more than a week, but I'm
starting to wonder if that is possible,” I groaned. “Well, my dad's in town.”
    “What? What does that have to do with Bennett?”
    “Oh, you have no idea. The saddest part is that I had no
idea he was in town. He still hasn't called me to tell me, so I don't know
what's going on with him at all. He never comes to town without calling me. The
only reason I knew that he was here was because he showed up to Bennett's place
this morning while I was there.”
    Connie's eyes grew wide. “Oh no.”
    “Oh yes. Thankfully, he has no idea I was there, but I
thought it was pretty crazy that he went there in the first place. The truth
is, Connie, I haven't been completely honest with you lately about my
relationship with Bennett.”
    Connie suddenly looked sad and I felt bad all over again for
not being open with her about what was going on in my life. I should have been
upfront with her from the beginning, and then maybe I wouldn't be in the mess that I am
now. She could have advised me on what the best course of action would be. I
knew Bennett was doing something wrong, and the fact that I didn't want to tell
Connie about it should have been proof enough for me.
    I quickly explained to her what had been going on for the
past few weeks in regards to Bennett and his missed practices. She shook her
head repeatedly as I told her that Bennett had missed so many practices just to
spend time with me. Seeing the look on her face and listening to myself say the
words out loud made me feel that much more stupid. Of course, it had been a
crazy situation and I should have put an end to it long before my father showed
up at Bennett's house. Instead, I had been selfish and took advantage of the
fact that Bennett wanted to spend so much time with me.
    “Oh God, Emmi, how could you let that go on for so long? I
don't know much about baseball, but even I think he was crazy to miss
practices. He shouldn't have even missed one, never mind four – that’s