He Was Waiting There

Synopsis

In 12th grade, I gathered all my courage and confessed to Freddie Houghton, the school's golden boy. He turned back, wind messing up his hair, and said, "Meet you at Pinnacle Tower." My heart was racing so fast that I barely heard it right. All I caught was something like "Meet you at Pinnacle." I thought he meant we'd meet again when we both reached the peak of our lives. From that day on, I studied like my life depended on it, just to deserve that promise. Ten years later, I became a TV reporter, and my interview subject turned out to be him. Off-camera, I smiled and brought up that high school "promise." But he gave a bitter laugh and said, "I got played by a little liar. I stood on that tower all night waiting." My mind went completely blank.