Almost (Near Miss Book 1) by Amy Booker

Author:Amy Booker [Booker, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780578367736
Publisher: Amy Booker
Published: 2022-02-07T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Love Me Like You Do

Ryan

For the next two weeks, I send Sarah a daily morning text apologizing again, and letting her know I’m thinking about her and miss her like crazy. I also go to the Stout Hideout every evening to see her if she’s working. I order one beer, tell her I would still love to talk to her if she ever wants to, and take a seat in a corner booth, nursing the beer until closing. Then I send her a goodnight text when I get home to tell her that my feelings for her are the same, and I’m a total asshole, but also the most patient man in the world. On open mic nights, I record her singing her songs and rewatch them, torturing myself for what could be a lost cause. Until one glorious hallelujah morning when I actually receive a reply to my text.

RYAN: Good morning, beautiful. I hope your day is excellent. Just a reminder that I’m still thinking about you all day, every day.

SARAH: Thanks

Thanks! She said Thanks! Sure, she sent only one fucking generic polite single-syllable word, but that is one more word than she’s said to me in two weeks. Progress! I jump out of bed with my fist-pumping and barely miss the ceiling fan blades. That one word gives me hope, and I’ll take all the hope I can muster. I’m only in Chandler for a few more weeks, and I need to make the most of them. I want to make the most of them with Sarah.

I’m not sure what to do here. Do I text back again right away? Wait to visit her at the bar tonight? Head to her house and talk to her now? I’m acting like a fucking teenager passing notes in school. But at least I got a ‘thanks’ today. It’s something. I’ll take it. I decide to not push my luck with a response right away.

Reese still does feel bad about what’s happening and has offered several times to talk to Sarah for me, but I keep telling her no. Sarah would not respond well to Reese. She’s not exactly the most subtle person in the world, and she can be abrasive. I’m sure any type of apology from her wouldn’t come out right and make things worse. And if I know Sarah at all, I absolutely know that she already hates Reese, even though they’ve never met. Jude told me about his visit with Sarah and what they talked about. I appreciate him doing that for me, but I don’t want anyone else to be involved in this. It wouldn’t be right to bring in anyone else. And I already pulled her brother into it the night it happened like the idiot I am. Sarah and I need to work this out if we can. God, I pray that we can.

I go through the day on autopilot, repeatedly checking my phone for the time and for messages. As soon as

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