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Wanting her was never the problem. I always did.
Her cheeks flush crimson as if she can read my mind, then the aerial hoop floats away from the area. Away from me.
Last night, she didn’t look back. Tonight, she does. It’s just for a few seconds, but her eyes lock with mine.
I don’t know what I hoped to achieve by coming here again. Trying to talk to her like I did last night is probably fruitless. I could make it happen if I wanted to, but it’s the wrong environment.
An idea crosses my mind for what could be the right place to talk, so I leave after her performance and catch up with her again the morning at the café. The perfect place to speak.
But this is it. My one shot.
After today, I’ll leave her alone. I should.
It was my fault everything changed for her.
The one mistake I can’t take back ruined her family and ruined us, too.
I took a job I shouldn’t have, and her father paid the price heavily.
She doesn’t know that was my fault.
I couldn’t tell her and break her in such a way.
That was why I couldn’t be with her.
ChapterFour
River
My God, he’s here again.
Jericho is here at Kelly’s Café, and the fact that he knew where to find me suggests he checked out my details.
What else does he know?
Everything?
Or nothing?
Both could be reasons he’s in my sphere of existence again.
I’m standing behind the counter with my hands frozen at my sides, gazing at him with the same shock I experienced last night.Andthe night before.
That first night, I was in shock because it was our first meeting in eight years. Last night, I was surprised to see him again and that he seemed to be there just for me.
The same way he is now.
There’s no way this is a coincidence.
I was just about to replenish the napkins on the tables when he walked in.
He’s wearing more casual clothes than last night. Today, he’s dressed in a T-shirt and Levi’s. He looks more like the Jericho I knew from the past.
Seeing him this way, and again, only irritates me because I really do wish he’d leave me alone.
I’m tired. Tired mentally and physically. It’s just past six thirty in the morning. I’ve only had about three hours of sleep. Less, if I’m being truly honest.
I don’t have the strength for whatever this is.
