Shutout (Bases #4)
Hazel Grace

Experienced that tingling feeling of hope off my fingertips, one that begged me to hold on for dear life, only for it to melt away.
Some people get a second chance but it was the second slap to the face by a vengeful past that always seems to sweep in and destroys us.
I can’t compete with this one.
Nor can I fend off the loss that swallows me whole.
He learns my truth, the very one that was supposed to set us free from the decade-old angst we had for each other.
But then I learned his.
And with that new little piece of reality, karma dealt us a hand that once again triggered the act of our demise.
One I wasn't ready to play.