One Look by Harlow James

Author:Harlow James [James, Harlow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

Jake

The stretch we played in Cincinnati felt like the longest week in my life. Baseball has always been my saving grace, my one true love---until Danielle locked eyes with me and my world was turned upside down. Everything I thought I once knew has been shifted. Baseball still holds a place in my heart, but I’ve definitely made room for the beautiful woman who now makes me realize there’s more to life than the game I’ve dedicated my entire life to.

It’s been killing me to be away from her, knowing she’s going through this loss and the new changes in her life and I can’t physically be there to support her. We’ve talked on the phone here and there, but nothing like it was a few weeks ago. I’m trying not to read too much into it, knowing that her grief is a huge factor in the change in her demeanor right now. But a small part of me can’t help but feel like she’s pulling away from me. It’s been this nagging feeling in me ever since her graduation, and now I’m having a hard time pushing it down.

We land in Los Angeles late at night, but early enough that I text Danielle to see if she’s okay with me stopping by to see her, and she agrees.

My heart is racing as I drive to her house once I get my truck from the stadium. I wipe the clamminess of my palms on my pants as the wheels of my truck roll down the streets of her neighborhood. I don’t think I’ve been this nervous to see her since I picked her up for our first date.

I just want to hold her, kiss her, and take any of her pain away that I can. I feel so helpless when I’m away, knowing that I can’t wrap her in my arms and absorb some of the anguish she’s feeling. Besides my family, I’ve never felt the need to be there for someone else so deeply. This woman has changed me in more ways than one.

When I pull up to her house, I notice the lamp in the living room is on through the window, highlighting Danielle’s delicate face framed by the curtains as she stares off into the distance in the room. I kill the engine and make my way to the door, never stopping myself from observing her.

She’s not my Danielle right now, the bubbly and spirited woman who knocked me on my ass and convinced me to be adventurous and take some risks. She’s not the woman who makes my whole body warm up from her touch. I feel like she’s a woman whose life is changing, and I’m not sure I’m still a part of it.

I knock on the door, watching her as the noise disturbs the trance she was just under. She glides across the room and answers the door, her eyes dark and gloomy, her hair hanging softly around her face but tucked behind her ears.

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