Brad I hated having to cancel on Carly. I wanted to see her again. I wanted to spend time with her. The night we’d had together had been the best night I’d had in a very long time. It felt like the way it used to be between us, but different. We had both grown up. We had direction now. We had lives of our own. Somehow, it had made everything that much better. There was nothing more attractive than a woman that knew who she was. But that had to be put on hold because the press had sniffed me out and had come to ruin my life. Being famous had its downfalls, and I was used to them. The paparazzi were everywhere. Being a pro athlete wasn’t only about the game anymore. It was also about your fame and who you were in society now. Usually, I knew how to handle them. I knew that it was a part

