Page 62 of My Fiancé's Brother

Me: I did :-(

Jackson: Haha

Me: What are you doing now?

Jackson: Currently sitting in my truck at a park

Me: Oh

Jackson: Are you okay?

I stared at my phone. Sighing, I decided just to be honest.

Me: I feel embarrassed about yesterday. And for crying and everything

Jackson: You have nothing to be embarrassed about

Me: You’re too nice to me

Jackson: I told you. I'm not a nice guy

Me: Funny, you're one of the nicest people I know

I sat there staring at my phone, while moments ticked by.

Jackson: Why did you want me to stay so bad?

I started and stopped at least a dozen responses. Finally, I decided just to be honest.

Me: You make me feel good about myself. Why did you want to leave so bad?

Jackson: You don’t want to ask me that

I sat holding the phone to my lips.

Me: I'm sorry you're being forced to stay here

Jackson: No one can force me to do anything

Me: Can I have a redo?

Jackson: What’s a redo?

Me: I want to erase the last 24 hours

Jackson: Everything?

I chewed on my lip. I didn’t want to erase how he was so helpful before the party or the way he helped me repot my plant. Nor did I want to erase the way he cared for me when I was barfing my guts out.

Me: Well, not everything

Jackson: What do you want to remember?

Me: It’s more what I want to forget

Jackson: Tell me

Me: Barfing

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