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He’s Mr. Knight. He used to be one of the world’s biggest Formula One race car drivers. He retired and started his own racing team.
See, my father is famous. He owns the biggest racing team in California. Formula One cars have always been his dream. He used to race them. That’s where he started making his fortune. Then retired and started his own team. Come to find out, he loves being on that end just as much as he did being a driver.
Just my fucking luck! The girl I slept with at my party is the one and only Tabatha Knight. Mr. Knight’s daughter. My new boss!
“I go by Dash because I hate the name Erik and the name Dashling makes me sound like a fucking pussy.”
“I choose you, Tabatha. You’re better than any dream I have ever had. Because you are real. You’re right here in front of me.”
“Yes, but…” he pauses, “I had a phone call. I walked away from the bike to answer it. It wasn’t more than a three-minute phone call, but someone would have only needed a second to cut it.” “There was no one else there,” I remind him. “Yes, there was. Valerie.” She wouldn’t. I start to shake my head in protest. “She knows nothing about bikes. How would she know what to do?” Would she go that far to kill me? Yep.
‘promise’ is just a word spoken to prevent the inevitable that no one wants to see coming. I promise I love you. I promise you’re my everything. I promise not to hurt you. Do you see a pattern? Promise makes you think that you have a chance. A candy-coated word to sweeten the pot.
up, my father always told me that we have choices in life that will make you weak or make you stronger.
I told her that I loved her, and she did nothing. She said nothing. She doesn’t love me. Not the way I love her. And in all honesty, I should have never come over here.
But another part of me feels like I should have told him that I loved him. That I hated knowing that he was with her. I was scared and jealous. I’m only trying to protect myself.
“You son of a bitch,” I hiss, trying to break free from him, but he’s too strong. My throat still burns and my chest heaves. “What did you do to him?” I scream frantically. “His bike, his brakes,” he quips and then pauses. “That was just a warning.” I stop trying to fight him in total shock. “What…? But…That was…” “Me.”
I won’t allow Rodger to hurt Dash. It’s not Dash’s fault that Rodger and I have a past. And it’s not Dash’s fault that he wrecked his bike and could have been severely injured. It’s all mine. If I hadn’t broken up with Rodger, I would have never gone to Dash’s party. It all starts with me.
“I fell in love with him because of the way he made me feel. Not my feelings toward him, but my feelings toward myself. I lit up when he walked into a room. I had a smile on my face that wouldn’t go away. My skin would tingle whenever he would look at me.” Her eyes drop to the cut on my lip, and I lick it nervously. Her eyes meet mine once again, and she continues. “I loved myself first. I fell in love with the person who I was when he was around. And in loving myself, I fell in love with him.”
“Give love a chance. It doesn’t matter if your heart breaks a hundred times. You’ll eventually open your heart to that one person who makes all that pain go away. It’ll be that one love that’s worth it.”
I’m at my best when I’m with you. I feel strong when you hold my hand. I feel loved when you cuddle with me. I love the way you make me feel about myself. Not what you try to make me be.”
Amelia was Jake’s high school sweetheart. Their senior year, while he and Blake were on vacation with their family, he got a call from a friend that her and her parents died in a house fire.
He’s gone. Dash lived for twenty minutes off the ventilator. Then, as the clock in his room read 9:32 AM, he left us for good. He died in my arms. I held him as he took his last breath.
I wanted to name her after him, so I named her Erika. Erika Noel Dashling.
I still have my engagement ring from Dash. I even still wear it. I see Jake look down at it every now and then. I don’t know what he’s thinking when he stares at it. All I know is that I’m still not ready to take it off.
