Page 209 of Between the Blue
My phone beeps again with the incoming call.
“Loving Addie doesn’t mean you loved Jules any less. She chose to let you live your life. Now you have to choose the same.”
“But–”
I pull the phone away from my face to decline my agent’s call, but then I hear Rhett’s voice again.
“You’ve always been the one to look up to between the two of us. The leader. I’ve admired you my whole fucking life. And you know as well as I do that I’m the last person anyone would ever come to for advice. But, please, hear me now, Bennett. If you’ve ever thought I’ve known a damn thing worth listening to–”
“Sutty–”
“Live your life. Not everyone gets to. You know that better than anyone. So be happy. Don’t waste it.”
I freeze.
Don’t waste it.
I close the scrapbook in my lap.
“Jamesy?”
I grab the green scrapbook off the shelf. Open it.
My phone beeps again.
I flip to the page I’m looking for. The one with the photo of her. The one she looked like she was taking as a test shot. The one with me on the ice in the background.
Don’t waste what you’ve been given.
“Bennett?”
Another beep.
I swallow hard.
Promise me.
“Sutty,” I say. “I gotta go.”
fifty-five
HER
I have to go.
I don’t want to be here.
But, at this point, I need to be.
It’s been three days.
And they’ve easily been the longest three days of my life.
I accepted the position with COBO. I quit my internship with the Texas Storm. I checked in with Tiffany and effectively dropped out of AIT. I broke my lease in Austin and set up living arrangements in Paris. I booked a flight. I packed up my apartment.
And now I just have to wait.
This is the most spontaneous thing I’ve ever done. And I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. But something tells me that’s a good thing. That this is just what I need.
