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I sent her a quick text that I’d be there in about thirty minutes.
Sending that text made my stomach jump up into my throat.
The anxiety of it all.
Seeing Sage was one thing.
Being here - in this town - was a whole other.
Knowing that Leon was gone forever.
Even though we had a falling out and even though we hadn’t spoken in a long time, there was always the knowledge that we were both alive. That, hey, you never know, maybe someone would make a phone call or something. Everyone always said that time had a way of healing up wounds. I guess in this case, time ran out before the wounds fully closed up.
Or maybe it was just two stubborn people who couldn’t set their idiotic pride aside for a minute to pick up the phone.
I swallowed down a large lump in my throat and caught myself actually fighting back a few tears as I drove.
A few deep breaths helped with that.
The GPS told me to take the final turn, then I was in front of Sage’s house.
I knew it was her house because I saw her sitting on the top step of the porch.
I parked the monstrosity of an SUV I rented in the narrow driveway next to the house and I turned off the engine.
My eyes were glued to her as I climbed out.
She had since stood up and slipped her fingertips into her pockets.
There she is.
Sage.
I took a deep breath.
It had been a while since I’d last seen her.
Nobody knows about that though.
What happened that one time…
She’d aged since then.
That was not a bad thing either.
When I left town, Sage had still been in that in between stage of young woman to woman. When I saw her again, she was all woman, but young and vivid. A fire in her eyes, a desire to explore every corner of the world.
But now…
Sage had another look to herself.
Dare I think the thought that hit me, but Sage looked sexier. Curvier. Her jeans had a way of hugging those hips of hers…
Wearing a red hoodie, covered up, but plenty to tease the imagination.
Her hair was much longer now too.
Pulled back in a messy ponytail.
