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Same thing the other night.

I asked Claire if she wanted to watch a movie. She was all into it and even more excited when I suggested a romantic comedy, a true chick flick.

Hey, I’m willing to do anything to make her happy at this point.

Anyway, once the movie started, I thought we were having a good time. We were joking around and commenting on the funny parts.

But then a love scene came on, and Claire abruptly got up and left.

I didn’t even get an explanation.

I thought at first that she had just run to the bathroom.

But she never returned.

When I asked her the next day what happened, she just shrugged it off and said she got really tired and went to bed.

Yeah, right.

When she realized I wasn’t buying it at all, she tried to tell me that she didn’t really like the movie.

I just kept thinking how she was into it up to that point. I guess that love scene really turned her off.

Hmm, wonder why?

I didn’t call her out, though.

I just said, “You should have told me you didn’t like it. We could have put on something else.”

“Nah, it’s okay,” she replied. “I truly was exhausted too. I didn’t even have the energy to come back down and tell you I was done for the night.”

Ahh, we were back to that bullshit.

Hell, it wasn’t even that late when she bailed on me.

But, again, I kept all that to myself.

Today I’m golfing with Lennox and Shane. I don’t even know what Claire is up to. She was already gone from the house when I got up.

“Easton, you’re up,” Lennox says, jarring me from my thoughts.

I was totally zoning out.

“I’m on it,” I reply as I walk over to the green and tee up the ball.

I think about all my frustration with Claire, and when I take a swing, I knock that motherfucker almost all the way to the next green.

“Holy shit,” Shane says. “Nice shot, man.”

“Thanks,” I murmur.

We’re on the fourth hole, and I’ve been kicking ass so far. When you’re dealing with a lot of confusion, whacking the shit out of something is very cathartic.

But I guess I’m not hiding my feelings all that well, seeing as, while Shane tees up, Lennox asks me, “Is everything okay at home?”

I play dumb. “You mean with Claire?”

“Uh-huh.”

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