Cheap Shot
““The alcohol made me sleepy,” she said, stifling a yawn. “But this feels nice. It’s been a long time since I’ve taken time to relax. Between school, work, friends, family, and Sheldon, I’ve barely had a minute to myself in… forever.”
A certain Bruno Mars song came on, and he turned it up. “Every time I hear this song, I think of you.” He reached for her hand. “I was too stupid to realize you were the best thing that had ever happened to me. By the time I’d admitted it to myself, you’d moved on,... found a man who was smart enough to give you all the things you needed.”
“My relationship with Sheldon wasn’t perfect,” she said, closing her eyes. The music touched a place in her soul that had been dormant for a long time. Just knowing Jaxon had regrets made her feel alive again. Alive and scared. “He had his own issues.”
“He told me about his ex-wife. It sounded like she really did a number on him.”
“Don’t we all have someone like that in our past?”MoreLess
A certain Bruno Mars song came on, and he turned it up. “Every time I hear this song, I think of you.” He reached for her hand. “I was too stupid to realize you were the best thing that had ever happened to me. By the time I’d admitted it to myself, you’d moved on,... found a man who was smart enough to give you all the things you needed.”
“My relationship with Sheldon wasn’t perfect,” she said, closing her eyes. The music touched a place in her soul that had been dormant for a long time. Just knowing Jaxon had regrets made her feel alive again. Alive and scared. “He had his own issues.”
“He told me about his ex-wife. It sounded like she really did a number on him.”
“Don’t we all have someone like that in our past?”MoreLess
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