I found a phone booth and I knew what I had to do. I had to call Forney. I needed him to know the truth and I needed him to hear me say that I actually do love him.
I as stepped into the phone booth and dialed his number all I could think about was how nervous I was to speak to him. After the phone rang a few times I got a scared and then luckily he answered on the SEVENTH ring. When he answered the phone I just stood here speechless. I couldn’t talk to him and then I knew if I didn’t do anything that he would hang up so I made a soft whimpering noise. He asked me to speak up and then I just blurted out his name.
“Novalee?” is that you? Yes, and I called you because…. I got extremely nervous and really couldn’t speak. Is Americus alright are you alright? He asked me. I thought it was so thoughtful that he cared so much about us. Anyway then I again blurted out “I lied” Forney I lied and that what I needed to tell you. What are you talking about? He asked and I said you know the time you asked me if I loved you and I said no, yeah he replied. Well, I lied I really and truly did love you and I still love you now. I was afraid that I was holding you back and that you are better than me and that I don’t deserve to have a man like you in my life.
You have to be kidding me! Novalee, the truth is that you are the best and there’s nothing that can be better than you. Where are you now he asked and I told him how I was going back to Tellico Plains to drop someone off who wanted to go home. After, we hung up the phone and I went back into the car I started to think about this whole experience and about the people that have impacted my life over the last couple of years.
There was this old blue haired lady who told me that “home is the place that’ll catch you when you fall and we all fall.” I thought about the man with the camera that helped spark my interest in photography who said to me “you don’t need to be scared…remember, you know about taking pictures from the heart.” I didn’t think I’d would meet a boy who was full of magic and a woman you would teach me about friendship or a sweet man who would introduce me to true love or even a child named Americus who would help inspire me and help me live everyday fully and to its most potential.
That is my life and my story of how at the age of seventeen I was pregnant with my disgusting boyfriend who leaves me at Wal-Mart and then leaves. But I guess it was all for the best because if he didn’t do that I would not have met these great people that I did.
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