Self Awareness

"Darling, can we please leave this conversation for later?" I beg, probably sounding as tired as I feel. Tate looks at me and grabs my face in his little hands.

"You smell so sad, mom, I think you should just marry my dad. He would make you happy," he says before kissing my nose the way I do to him. The fact that he's so extremely wrong makes me cry for real, but I hug him before he can say anything else and lift him up to walk through the parking lot to my car.

Klein is leaning against it, smoking a cigarette and

looking extremely angry.

"It's about time," he mutters with a tone I hadn't heard from him before, tossing the cigarette to the ground before walking to the driver seat.

{ Jae }

I don't know how much time has passed but at some point the door opens again and Austin comes in, finding me sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall, hating my life.

"Uhm, you okay there?”

"Sure, super okay," I reply, looking straight ahead because I don't have the strength to move.

"You've be