![]() ![]() My all-out effort had amounted to a few dings but I knew he could do some serious damage. He brought his arm back to throw and I grabbed his hand, ball and all. He scooped up a ball by his foot and walked to my side then turned to face the car. I picked up another ball and threw it up in the air twice before I tossed it back to the dirt. ![]() “So you weren’t really offering me a target?” Not hard and it didn’t even hit him but it almost did. Was he putting up a front for me? Because he didn’t look like the mess Bec claimed he was. As I stood there staring at Hayden I wondered if he was playing a role right now. ![]() After the week I’d had, I just wanted to wrap myself up in him and forget what had happened. My shoulders rose and fell several times. ![]() Hayden held out his arms like he was really giving me permission to pelt him. I started to gather the balls when behind me I heard, “Do you want to throw a few at the actual person those are intended for or is the car satisfying enough?” My heart rate was high and my cheeks were wet with sweat and maybe a few tears. I reached down for another ball and felt nothing but dirt. Soon it wasn’t just Hayden I was trying to crush but Jules and my parents, Drew and myself. The ding it left in the rusted door was hardly noticeable and only heightened my need to do damage. It hit the door with a loud clank then bounced off and rolled across the ground. I pulled my arm back and threw the ball with all my might. ![]()
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