Bradin sat on the beach thinking about hours prior to that time. He couldn't believe that their first date ended the way it did. Now, he would never have a chance with her. He wanted to cry, but he held himself back from showing how hurt he was. Life for him was going downhill lately. He didn't know why. Now, his life fell deeper than deep. Kay wasn't with him the way he wanted her to be which killed him.
Kay knew she messed up with him. She should have told him the truth instead of letting him walk away the way she did. Images of her and her father flashed through her head. She remembered him telling her something important and then walking away.
"How could you!" she yelled to him.
"I'm sorry, Kay!" her father screamed, "I'm sorry that you had to wait this long to find out! I'm sorry for keeping it from you for your entire life! And, I'm sorry that I'm your father!" He left in anger.
That was the last time she saw him. Her heart torn to pieces when she found out that the secret he told her that day. She got up from the log and began to run to where Bradin lived before she lost him the way she lost her father.
Bradin sat in his room looking at Military brochures. If his life was going the way it was, he would rather die than live it. He ran his hand through his hair as he picked up the phone and began to dial the number on the one brochure.
"Bradin," his aunt's voice sounded, "is everything okay?"
"Yeah," he said just loud enough for her to hear him.
"You have a visitor," she said.
Bradin hung up the phone before he finished dialing the number, got up, opened his door and saw Erica there. "What do you want?" he asked.
"I want you back," she said, "The past several months without you have been a nightmare."
"I've moved on, Erica. I've met someone who I thought could change my life. It turns out that I'm not suppose to be here. She doesn't want me the way I thought she did. But, I know for a fact that I don't want you."
"Bradin," Erica said before a hand touched her arm. She turned to see Nikki there.
"Bradin, Kay's uncle just called," Nikki said, "Someone found Kay two hours ago lying in the middle of the road."
"Where is she? Is she okay?" he asked worriedly.
"She's back at her ranch. Nothing was serious injured. But, he thinks that you should go talk to her. She was running here before she got hit."
Bradin turned towards Erica. "I'm sorry. But, I need her more than you may need me." With that, Bradin walked out on Erica.
Kay stood in the stables looking at where Bandit use to stand and sleep when he wasn't out. Tears formed in her eyes as she lost all of the guys she needed in her life. She eased herself to the ground where she hugged herself as she cried. She buried her face into her arms. As she sat there, arms wrapped around her and pulled her close to a body. She could tell that it was Bradin by the way she was being held. She looked up at him with tears down her face. He took his hand and wiped her tears away the best he could. She leaned in and softly brushed her lips against his.
