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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If there was anything funny about the whole thing, it might be that I asked Beckett to wait until Sunday night after the game to talk about us, real us, what we are and what we aren’t, because I wanted to talk to my dad first.

I came back from that cottage with these grand ideas that maybe I could be this healed person for him, all this courage sitting in my chest, roots and trees and beautiful flowers blooming from the soil of all those empty places.

Now there’s really no need for any of that, because my dad’s seen it all anyway, and Beckett isn’t my friend, but he did end up taking a piece of me with him when he left after all.