4Javi showed up at ten a.m., right after Mom and Dirk left. I was so jet-lagged, all I wanted to do was lie down in his arms.
“Oh man, did I miss you,” he said, giving me a hug that I hoped would never end.
He held me so long I thought I would fall asleep standing up, my jet-lagged head on his shoulder. His smell was so soothingly familiar. I thought about how much I loved the letter V – as in Javi and Livi and heaven. Thank God he hadn’t found another girlfriend. Tears of joy and relief filled my eyes.
Then suddenly, in spite myself, I bolted and pulled away. Like I needed to spoil the moment. I didn’t do it on purpose and it sure wasn’t Javi’s fault. I didn’t even know what was going on with me. I had been so excited to see him. I guess I just wasn’t used to feeling safe anymore.
Jav
