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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38. Beckett

Beckett

There are a lot of places to take a break, or to play pretend, because that’s really what this feels like.

Just a little kid playing make believe but instead of Dungeons and Dragons—not that I spent much time on that as a kid anyway, I was probably dreaming about a whole healthy and healed family—it’s me, watching her walk through the door of my cottage, arms crossed and eyes assessing, taking in the swirls of burnt-orange, yellow, and red covering the trees through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, pretending that she loves me back.

She didn’t say anything, but I think she traded a shift or took an extra home call later in the month to come with me.