No More Pretending

~HADLEY~

Lawrence had asked me to come.

That was the only reason I let Cassidy drop me at the gate.

A gift for his grandchild, he said. Nothing that required me to stay. Nothing that required me to move back in. I told myself I could walk in, be polite, and leave.

Beckett was already there when I got out of the car.

He had pulled up only a minute before me, still in the aftermath of the game, hair