Page 43 of Waiting to Lose
“That I do,” he said with a grin.
Jake reached into his back pocket and produced a flash drive. The song is on here. For your ears only.”
Madi lit up with excitement as she greedily grabbed it from his hands. “Can Kendra hear it? Please?”
Jake stroked his chin thoughtfully. “I suppose, but only because I owe her.”
Madi giggled and quickly kissed his mouth before placing the flash drive in her cleavage.
“I’m suddenly very jealous of my flash drive.”
“You shouldn’t be,” Madi said with a roll of her eyes. “You’ll definitely be there later.”
Jake grinned as a thoughtful look inched across his face. “That song was about you, in case there’s any question in your mind. I want you to listen to it whenever you miss me or whenever you start worrying about how I feel. Okay?”
Madi’s chin began to tremble and she could feel the tears prick her eyes. “I will.”
Jake seemed to know what she was thinking. He lifted his hand to her face and raised her chin so that her tear-laden eyes were forced to look into his.
“Please don’t think about it. We have tonight, and I don’t want to waste a single moment of it thinking about tomorrow.”
Madi sniffed. “Okay, Bob Seger.”
Jake huffed a laugh and Madi couldn’t help but smile. They did have tonight, and she wanted to make memories to last a lifetime, because somewhere deep inside, a voice told her she needed to remember everything.For when he leaves you.
