CHAPTER 30
February 27
Dear Scott,
I have so much to tell you but don’t know how to express it. Maybe I’m afraid.
Your email yesterday really touched and encouraged me. I wanted you to know that before I said or did anything else. To think that you could feel so strongly about a girl you haven’t even met face to face … I love how you told me it didn’t even matter that you hadn’t seen my picture yet. It made me feel so safe, like you were really here to get to know me. No ulterior motives. So thank you.
And thank you for being honest. I’m sure it must have been scary writing all that and not knowing how I’d respond, and then I’m sure it was hard waiting to hear back from me until now. I wasn’t ignoring you. I just wanted to talk to my mom about it first, and she’s been so busy with wed
