Emma Chase Instagram – “I wanted to call you when it happened.”
The words float between us for a quiet moment, heavy and meaningful.
“I didn’t tell my parents or Colleen; they would’ve freaked out. But after it happened . . . I wanted to hear your voice so bad. I actually picked up my phone and started to dial your number.”
Garrett’s voice is jagged but gentle.
“Why didn’t you?”
I shake my head. “It’d been six years since we’d talked. I didn’t know what you would say.”
He swallows roughly, then clears his throat. “Do you want to know what I would’ve said?”
And it’s like we’re in a time machine bubble—like every version of ourselves, the past and the present, the young Callie and Garrett and the older, meld into one.
“Yes, tell me.”
His thumb skims over the scar again, then down, brushing my chin.
“I would’ve asked you where you were. And then I would’ve gotten on a plane or a train or I would’ve fucking walked if I had to, to get to you. And when I was with you, I would’ve wrapped my arms around you and promised that nothing would ever hurt you again. Not as long as I was there.”
My eyes go warm and wet, but I don’t cry. Emotion pierces my chest, that feeling of being cared for and wanted. And the bones in my rib cage go limp and liquid with all the tenderness I feel for him.
“You were always my girl, Callie, even after you weren’t anymore.”
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