Page 59 of Love Undiscovered
Lexie: Okay, I see your point and I concede.
Lexie using the word concede reminds me of Chance. And I realize there is a teeny tiny part of me that might miss him just a little bit. Possibly.
Kat: Well, you’d better get back on that horse, lady. Why don’t you text him and apologize for walking out.
Me: I don’t have his number.
Kat’s next text is her sending me his contact e-card.
Kat: Text him now, let us know what happens.
Louboutins. Louboutins. Louboutins.
I save his contact info in my phone and then pull up his info to text him. Eight o’clock on a Sunday night. What if he’s not alone? What if he’s on a date? What if he’s chasing bad guys and I blow his cover?
None of that matters Remi. This isn’t real. It’s a bet. Suck it up.
Me: Hey. It’s Remi. I just wanted to apologize for leaving last night without saying goodbye. That was rude of me to do.
I wait to see if the three dots pop up, but they don’t. Then I wait for another five minutes and get nothing.
So, I binge watchThe Big Bang Theoryand eat another bowl of ice cream with Baileys. I’m already in bed when my phone chirps with a text at nine-thirty pm. I look down and see Chance’s name on the screen. Do I ignore it? Pretend I’m already asleep? I open the message instead.
Chance: Are you still awake? If not, and this wakes you up, I’m really sorry, go back to sleep.
Me: I’m awake.
Chance: Hey.
Me: Hey back.
Chance: Sorry for the delay in responding, I was at my parents’ house for dinner. I like to stay after to hang with them once my sisters leave.
Me: I didn’t ask.
Chance: I know.
Me: Ok.
Chance: I should be the one apologizing for what I said.
Me: It’s not like it wasn’t true.
Chance: That’s not really the point. It was a crappy thing to say.
Me: Apology accepted.
Me: On one condition.
Chance: Anything.
Me: Oh, you better watch it, you have no idea what I’m about to say.
Chance: I can handle it. I’m not afraid.
Me: What if the condition was something awful? Like, you have to direct traffic, in only a thong, at rush hour, in the middle of town square.
Chance: LOL. No problem.
