Chapter 53
“You still bowl, don’t
you?”
“Uh, well, yes, but I was
planning to give today’s match a miss. I—”
“You should go. It’ll get
you out.” He could tell Trevor was close to tears. He got up,
approached Trevor, took the whisk from his hand and hugged
him.
“It’s not fair,” Trevor
sniffed.
“I know, Trev, I
know.”
“It was only ever going to
be a temporary thing. I knew that. But—”
“But it doesn’t stop it
from hurting.” Paul rubbed Trevor’s back.
“No…doesn’t.” Trevor
sniffed again. “Why’d I always pick men who leave me?”
Paul wanted to tell him
that he’d never leave him, he’d be there for him, love him, keep
him safe, but he resisted. It was much too soon for any of
that.
“Tell you what. Let’s go
for a drive somewhere. It’ll have to be quick though because of the
cricket.”
“No, you don’t need
to—”
“I want to. Come on, put
your shoes on and we’ll go to the reservoir and walk round it. And