So yeah, walls around our private residence were a good thing.
We could afford it because I got a fat paycheck from Gamble for the season. Then I got a bonus because I won so many preliminaries. If I made it to the championship race at the end of season one, there was quite a paycheck waiting at the finish line.
At first, Trent wasn’t too keen on me slapping down the money to build us a place. But it wasn’t as if he didn’t bring in income. He did. He got paid for managing my deals and he got paid well for his job with NRR.
We definitely weren’t rolling as deep as Romeo, but money wasn’t necessarily an issue.
Besides, buying a house was an investment in our future, the one we had together. Trent couldn’t argue with that.
Ivy was designing the place because when we were asked about finishes, I said I liked black and Trent announced he didn’t care.
Ivy was appalled, so she took over. I made her promise not to make it look like a bunch of girls lived there, and from what I’d seen so far, she was doing a good job. Until the houses were finished, we all still lived where we always had. Trent had moved in right after he handed the presidency over to Zach.
He graduated last month, and his mom didn’t come.
But Granny did.
I went and got her and drove her to campus myself as a surprise.
It was the first time I’d ever seen T cry.
She cried, too, and then she asked me to floor it because she liked to drive fast.
Yeah, Granny was still my favorite person for life.
I still hadn’t talked to my father, though my mom called me every once in a while. I talked to her because I loved her, but it wasn’t the same. I knew she called when Dad wasn’t home and she probably didn’t tell him. She told me my father missed me and followed my career in GearShark and in the papers. She also said he cried when he read the article on Trent.
I wasn’t sure I believed her, but I hoped maybe someday he would come around.
Overall, we were happy and I had no regrets. Regret was a waste of time.
Trent’s hand settled over the back of my neck as I drove, and he played with the short strands of hair.
“Hey, Forrester,” he said.
“Yeah, frat boy?”
“I’m so glad my heart chose you.”
Reaching around, I pulled his hand around and pressed my lips to center of his palm. Not as glad as I am.
“I’ll take care of it, T.” I vowed.
I’d take better care of it than my own.
It was the easiest promise I ever made.
The Finish Line
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Turn the page for Bucket List Confessions!
“To be the first NRR champion driver. Oh and to see how many French fries I can fit in my mouth at once.” – Drew Forrester “I just want to be happy. Oh and I want to fit one more fry in my mouth than Drew.”
– Trent Mask
“It has been my dream, since I was a freshman in high school and saw some beautiful photos from a trip our vice principal took, to visit the Greek island of Mykonos.” - Raquel Auriemma “Traveling around San Francisco discovering all the amazing things the city has to offer.” - Cushla Gera “Visit Ireland!” - Paula Guarneros
“Have a book published.” - Savannah Sharp
“Meet Nick Bateman!” - Debi Goldberg
“Travel to every state as well as Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, and Switzerland, while there visit bookstores.” - Ashley Dunning “To travel all over Europe!” – Jordan Noonan
“Travel to Santorini, Greece.” – Aubrie Brown
“Learn to ride a motor bike and I've always wanted to visit Venice but have a big fear of water but have promised myself I'd go. So one day??” – Tracy Bradd “Visit all 50 states!!” - Shaquala Dalambakis
“Alaskan Cruise (also see the Northern Lights 'Aurora Borealis').” - Carol Workman “A trip to Australia to see the Great Barrier Reef.” - Rachel Bowes “Drive across America on historic Route 66.” - Jessica Johnson “To go to Paris, Italy, and London.” – Amanda Edmunds
“Ride an elephant.” -Sophie Bethany
“Visit Disney World and Cocoa Beach Florida.” - Mandy Hall
“Run all 3 spartan races in a calendar year to earn my trifecta-the sprint ( 4-5 miles) super (8-9 miles) and beast (12-13 miles)????!” - Alli Parker “A trip to Vegas and get a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon.” - Katie Montgomery "To run as the Incans ran in Machu Pichu.” - Rachel B.
“White Water Rafting!” - Julie Sodergren
“To travel to each state in the United States.” – Stephanie
“Kiss the Blarney Stone (or maybe just visit it because I heard stories about the locals ;-))” Jeanine Denzer “To visit England and to go zip lining.” - Traci Hoffman
“Write a romance.” - Tessie G.
“Attending the Readers and Writers Unite conference in Houston, Texas. It will be my first conference.” - Jenny Needham “In my bucket list, one of the things I want to do is conquer my fear and go bungee jumping at least one time.” - Crystal R