First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)

by B.K. Borison

It feels like every time I get my hopes up for something good, reality comes out swinging. I don’t know how to be a hopeful person anymore. It’s easier not to be.

“With a root canal?” she asks, distracted. I laugh. “I don’t think you want me in your mouth.”

I’m trying to memorize you.

I think you’re the magic.

But I thought, maybe just this once, you could have the love you deserve too.”