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I hadn’t known what love was.
Who was I to judge?
So, at the end of the day, it just comes down to love and finding the person that fits. The person that knows you and loves you exactly for who you are. There wasn’t one thing I would change about Finn Reynolds—aside from willing him to be here right now.
But all good things were worth the wait.
Finn had proven that he was definitely worth the wait.
twenty-nine
Finn
I’d beenon set for hours, as our schedule was brutal. I had ten more days until I was home. Until I could finally kiss my girl and tell her I was all in. I’d kept up with texting her all day, every day. Sending photos of us together over the years that were saved on my phone.
Years of memories.
Years of loving this girl.
I’d just made it back to the hotel, and I opened my phone to see that she’d responded to my last text and photo, which was pretty hilarious, if I do say so myself.
This photo makes me laugh every time. Senior year, prom. You went with
Dr. Pretentious, and I took Lucy Baker. But I did all I could to photobomb every picture you two posed for.
The photo I’d sent was Carl looking like an uptight asshole, Reese laughing because she knew I was behind them, and me making a face and crossing my eyes in the background.
I’d texted her several other texts throughout the day, and I was thrilled to see that she’d responded to this last one.
Miney
Can I FaceTime you?
I wasn’t even going to respond. I was dying to see her face. This was the first time she’d asked to speak on the phone, and FaceTime would make it even better. I dialed the phone and dropped down onto the bed, leaning my back against the headboard. It was almost one o’clock in the morning here, which meant it was almost nine in the morning there. The phone connected, and I waited for her face to come into view, and there she was. The prettiest girl I’d ever laid eyes on.
My heart raced at the sight of her, and for whatever reason, I found it difficult to speak at first.
She was sitting in a stall out in the barn, hay beneath her fine ass and a braid hanging over one shoulder.
She didn’t speak either.
She just smiled, and then the tears started falling down her gorgeous face, and she just waved.
I pushed away the lump in my throat. “Hey, Miney.”
She nodded and swiped at her cheeks and then started laughing. “I don’t know why I’m crying. I’m just really happy to see you.”
“Yeah? I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s been tortured by this crazy plan of yours.”
She smiled and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “You’re not the only one.”
“Did you just go for a ride?” I asked, feeling an unexplainable peace come over me now that I was looking at her.
“Not yet. I was waiting to see if you called first.”
“You call, I come, right? Works the same way with the phone. You ask, I’ll call. Every fucking time. I’ll always show up, Reese.”
“I know you will. I was wrong to worry that you didn’t know what you wanted. I’m far from a relationship expert. I just had all these fears that you would feel obligated to me because this all started off not being real. So, I worried that once you left, you’d realize this wasn’t for you.” Pops of gold and honey danced in her green eyes as the sun shone in through the barn doors.
