Second Time's the Charm

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>The only woman I've ever loved is the one I can't have.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Going from uncle to father overnight meant me moving back to my hometown after two decades away. Now I'm trying to pick up the pieces and do right by a little girl who just wants her mom.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When my twentieth high school reunion rolls around I come face-to-face with Emily the ex whose heart I broke before she could break mine. Old feelings come rushing back but I don't have time to grieve let alone start a relationship.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Regardless of the palpable temptation to restore what we lost all I can offer Emily is an apology and friendship.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the lines I've drawn start to blur when she becomes my niece's soccer coach and I spend the entire season on the sidelines pretending I'm not wondering what might happen if we had a second chance.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Everything changes in one liquor-fueled night of confessions. I have no choice but to fight for Emily for what we could have together. I've already wasted too much of my life without her in my arms in my bed.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Maybe the second time's the charm...</strong></p>