Tears spill down my cheeks. “You’ll be able to see it.”
“As if I won’t be staring at you the whole time.” Jabari’s thumb wipes a tear away.
Joy fills me. Jabari helps me to a stand, then grabs my jacket while I take my purse out of the drawer. I place my phone in the middle pocket, then head toward the door.
Before we step out of my office, Jackie walks in and stops short. “Oh. I didn’t realize you have company.”
Discomfort fills me. These two haven’t been in the same room in a month. “Uh, yeah, Jabari convinced me to go home.”
“Glad someone could.” Jackie offers a stiff smile.
Is reality as tense as my imagination is making it out to be?
“Promise I’ll take good care of her,” Jabari says.
Jackie stares straight at him and nods. “I know you will.”
She sounds sincere, and a glimmer of hope shoots through me.Maybe everything really will work out for good. Heat pricks my eyes.
“Girl, don’t cry.” Jackie shoos me. “Go home. You know you just want to eat egg drop soup and watchMy Big Fat Greek Weddingfor the thousandth time.”
Jabari arches his brow at me. “Is that your not-feeling-well remedy?”
“It is.”
He chuckles. “Then let’s go. I’ll order the soup in the car.”
I love how accommodating he is. I also love how Jabari remembers so much about me. As if each new tidbit is valuable and worth storing in his memory. We’ve shared so much about ourselves in our daily conversations. He always has my best interests at heart and actually cares to hear what I have to say. He’s continuously made that evident even since the beginning of our friendship.
As I buckle myself in, I turn to my boyfriend. “Are you going to tell me the whole story?”
“Honestly, I thought you almost figured it out when we were with Mr. Warren.”
“Wait! You’ve been able to see since then?” My stomach drops to my toes.
“No, no. That’s when it started changing for me. For a brief second, well, maybe a few seconds, I saw you clearly. I thought I was hallucinating after that, but then I had another moment when my vision cleared.”
I can’t look away. Every single word feels like a miracle, and I don’t want to miss a bit of it.
Jabari shares about his medical imaging, how he was afraid to hope, and waking up this morning able to view every single thing in his room.
“Unfortunately, that means I even saw how bad my beard looked.”
“Is that why it’s even now?”
His head bobs up and down. “Needed to look good for my girl.” He winks at me.
Oh man. Is he going to use his charm on me? Because he was devastating already. I’m not sure I can handle this uber-confident version.
He pulls into the driveway leading to my parking garage, and I give him the code to enter.
“Chinese food should be waiting for us according to the tracker.” He waves his phone at me.
“Oh good. I’m ready to eat.” I study him while we wait for the elevators. “Will you stay with me, even if I fall asleep?”
He laces our fingers together. “Do you want me to?”
I nod.
