“Dare I ask what these are?” I requested and sipped my beer.

“You’re funnier, extra adventurous, simpler to speak to, and only a higher person who I believed you’ll be.”

“Gee, thanks for the compliments, maintain them coming,” I teased.

“I’m being sincere. I’m positive you thought that I used to be opinionated, overbearing, and a drama queen earlier than we began this journey.”

“What makes you assume I nonetheless don’t?”

Her response was to throw a nacho at me however she smiled whereas she did it. “Do you?”

“No, effectively, perhaps a little bit bit however not in a nasty manner. You understand what you need, you already know what you want, and also you aren’t afraid to ask for it. There’s so much to be mentioned for anybody who can try this.”

“A lot much less a girl,” she completed for me.

“I would not say that however sure. It’s good that you already know your thoughts and also you aren’t afraid to articulate it. I feel that may make you nearly as good of a producer as you’re a star.”

“Are you okay with me being a producer with you?” She didn’t take a look at me however ate her nachos.

“Why not? Dad was and he was the star. You’ll be it now, or no less than you may be for the foreseeable future.”

“Foreseeable future? Are you saying that I may be changed?” She seemed up at me.

“All of us may be changed. You may not need to do it will definitely or in any respect. You would possibly determine that you simply like being a producer extra, otherwise you simply need to attempt one thing else. As you might have mentioned, the one factor fixed is change. You shouldn’t really feel you’re obligated to do the present should you don’t need to. I would really like you to, I feel the viewers would, however that doesn’t imply it’s important to or you must do it for the remainder of your life.”

“I by no means considered it that manner, however that is sensible. Thanks,” she mentioned with a smile.

“For what?” I requested, shocked.

“You may have a manner with phrases. I might let you know’d heard me, you validated my issues, and also you gave me an sincere and upfront reply that I might stay with. I didn’t provide you with sufficient of an opportunity earlier than. I don’t assume I needed to however I might see that I used to be incorrect.”

I knew it was so much for her to confess.

“As I used to be about you. Do you assume this was what Dad needed for us? An opportunity to get to know one another doing one thing that we love with somebody he liked?” I requested.

“In fact, it was. You didn’t determine that out from the start? He was all the time telling me how nice you have been when he was alive and it aggravated me. I didn’t need to hear it. Now, I can see he was proper and I really feel dangerous for not listening to him.”

“Don’t really feel dangerous. I did the identical factor. At first, I believed he was doing it to attempt to inform me how significantly better you have been than me, however I might see that wasn’t the case. He simply liked you and he liked me and he needed us to get alongside.”

“Mission completed,” she mentioned and completed off her beer.

It was a small victory for her to confess all the pieces that she did and I needed to take it and see if I might push it a little bit bit extra. I needed to see if she would admit that whereas she might see me as a good friend, she might see me as one thing extra. However I didn’t. She was a girl who knew her personal thoughts and I didn’t need her to assume that I used to be attempting to affect her someway.

I’d take this night time for what it was, a brand new leaf, a brand new stage in our relationship, and I’d use it to make it into one thing extra. The night time solely made me see how nice of an individual Natalie was and the way a lot I needed her in my life.

Chapter 15

Natalie

On the lone cypress tree on 17-mile highway there had been a field with Jason and my identify on it. Inside was the subsequent clue.

Boasting grandeur of fashion and dimension

I’ll show you how to get to your final prize

Crafted with stone piled excessive,

I seem like I might attain the sky.

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