“Where is he at tonight?”
“Weatherford, Texas, for an Extreme bull riding.”
We finish eating and I tell Jessie I’m going to go call him from the bedroom as I head down the hall.
“Okay, good luck. I’m going to turn the TV on.”
I sit down on my bed cross-legged and bring up his contact. From his texts, I know the first few days on the road haven’t been going very smoothly for him and Trey, so I hope today has been better. I was so busy I haven’t texted him all day, but I know he made it to Weatherford. He sent me a Snapchat when he got there.
I press his number and wait. It rings three times before he answers.
“Hey, sweetheart.” I can hear the smile on his face and now I’m smiling, too.
“Hey, just wanted to call and see how it’s going and wish you good luck tonight.”
“KACEY!” I hear Jessie yell from the living room like the house is on fire.
What the hell?She knows I’m on the phone.
“Thanks, today’s been good. How was your day?” Knox says. I hear background noise—he must already be up at the arena.
“Kacey, come here! NOW!” she yells again. I climb off the bed and jog down the hallway, worried.
Maybe something really is wrong.
“It was good, we worked some pairs—” I start to tell Knox, but now I’m at the end of the hallway and see Jessie standing up pointing at the TV, at Knox, who’s apparently doing an interview, but he’s standing there on the phone with me,on live TV.
I make some nonverbal yelping sound. “Knox! What are you doing? Hang up!”
He laughs. He literally laughs at me and I’m watching it on TV. “Turned your TV on, did ya?” He winks at the camera.
“I’m hanging up. You’re crazy.” I hear Jessie next to me, jumping up and down, making weird squeaking noises, but I can’t look away from the TV. I’ve really missed that smile.
“Alright, alright, I’ll call you back later.” He grins through the TV, and I hang up the phone.
He puts his phone back in his pocket and immediately begins telling the interviewer—who is very confused about what just happened—about the bull he has drawn tonight. Completely unfazed by the fact that he just blew off a live TV interview to answer my phone call.
“That was the sweetest thingever.You have to marry him,” Jessie says while still jumping up and down. “I’m going to rewind it and record it. This will go viral.”
“You are not posting that on the internet.” I plop down on the couch. I think I’m in shock over the fact that the man just answered my phone call on live TV.
Has he never heard of just calling someone back?
She grabs the remote and starts rewinding it. “I’m at least recording it so you have it. You can show it to your kids someday.”
I burst out laughing. Big, uncontrollable belly laughs.
Jessie throws herself down on the couch next to me and joins me.
I put my face in my hands and try to catch my breath.
“That was crazy, wasn’t it? He answered my call on live TV.”
“That he did. I do believe that man has it bad for you, my friend.”
I take my head out of my hands and look at her. “I think I might have it bad for him, too. And it terrifies me.”
Chapter 26
