5 years ago. (continued)
As Brock made daily stop by Reba's house to see the kids he was taken by surprise when he found a note on the door with his name on it.
Brock,
I'm sorry. I couldn't stick around. It hurt too much to know that the person I loved the most was leaving. I needed to get out of here. I needed a fresh start.
I took the kids with me.
We'll be back eventually. It may take some time for me to settle down.
Whatever you do, please, don't look for me. Just let me be. Things are messed up enough as they are I just need some time to think things through.
Cheyenne will bring the kids by to see you every-so-often, and don't worry about them, they are safe here. I need them right now.
I love you Brock…I always will…
-Reba
The note read. Brock was shocked that she would do something like this.
His whole family—gone, all because of a stupid mistake that he made. He felt his heart sink deep in his chest. He couldn't believe it.
All he could think about is how to find Reba and beg her to come back to him, but that was all too late now. He knew that Reba didn't want to be found, and he wasn't going to make this harder then it already was for her.
That night Brock imagined what would happen if he had gotten there 15 minutes earlier and he could have stopped her from leaving. He pictured stopping her, just like out of a movie, with a dramatic kiss. He dreamed of what would have happened if there was no Barbra Jean. But he knew that no matter what he dreamed or pictured, it would never come true…
What was he going to do without the woman he truly loved?
Sittin out here on the hood of this truck looking up
at a caramel colored sunset sky
checkin my watch doin the math in my head
counting back words to when you said goodbye
well those runway lights are gettin brighter
Im just sittin' out here watching airplanes
take off and fly
tryin to figure out which one you might be on
and why you dont love me anymore
right now im sittin' out here watching airplanes
I would've lied could've cried should've tried harder
done anything to make you stay
i wonder what you'd do if you looked out your window
saw me runnin down the runway just like i was crazy
that fence is too high so am i
so I'm just sittin' out here watching airplanes
take off and fly
tryin to figure out which one you might be on
and why you don't love me anymore
by now i know you're thirty thousand feet above me
but a million miles away, a million miles away
by now i know i outta act like you don't love me
but im just sittin' out here watching airplanes
take off and fly
im just sittin' out here watching airplanes
take off and fly
tryin to figure out which one you might be on
and why you don't love me anymore
yeah im just sittin' out here watching airplanes
go by, by, by
im just sittin' out here watching airplanes
baby bye, bye, bye
