Near Miss

Near Miss

Author: Haley Warren Listening Length: 10h 29m
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He’s not sure he’s ever been real. She’s not sure she’ll ever be whole again. Beckett Davis has been many things: reliable, likeable, on track to be the most accurate kicker in professional football history, and multiple-time winner of made-up awards, like pro-athlete with the most beautiful smile. He’s also spent...

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12. Beckett

Beckett

The last time I stood outside a door like this, in a tux, raising a fist to knock on it, I was eighteen and half drunk, going to my senior prom.

I didn’t bring flowers tonight. I’m sure her house isn’t a scent-free environment, but in hindsight, the whole bouquet might have been a bit much.

It was a decision made out of exuberance. I’m not sure she really understands, or that words could really convey, what it meant for her to save me twice—once from having to suffer in a pediatric unit where all I’d be able to see was my sister hooked up to tubes, hair fall everywhere, and my parents clinging to nothing, and the second time from having to endure someone else’s disappointment.