Yellowstone Prompt One - "It takes everything in me not to call you every day."
Beth doesnât normally listen to voicemails; she lives by the âif it important they will call backâ rule. But his voicemails are the exception, the ones that she keeps saved away so she can listen to them time and time again. Drunken âhow was your day onesâ are common, just checking in ones are more common, the less common are the dark ones. The ones filled with unsaid words and confessions that really shouldnât be said over the phone. She doesnât save those ones, no one else needs to hear the person her father has turned him into or the crimes that the brand binds him to.
Tonight was a confession night. Rip wasnât a man of many words on a good day, but the slurred words that were replaying from her phone were cutting her to her soul.
âI miss you. I know you donât want to hear it but I do. It takes everything in me not to call you every day. Baby...I...â his voice cuts off as she hears him take a swig of something. She copies him and takes a sip of her whiskey; she can hear the heartbreak in his voice. âIâm not stupid enough to ask you to come homeâŠbut I wish you wouldâ he said before hanging up the phone. Beth sat with her whiskey resting in her hand, her cheek pressed to the cold glass. Making her mind up she downed the rest of her drink and sent a quick text to her drunken cowboy. âBe home soonâ
