Chapter 119: Krispin

"I completely fucked up my life with drugs and alcohol."

I saw her mind lose focus and it wasn't where I wanted her to go. My hand slipped under the table and I pinched the inside of her thigh.

"Oww."

"I need you to listen."

She smiled slightly and let me continue.

"I wasn't a pretty drug addict. It consumed me. My music suffered but more than that, my family and friends suffered. I wouldn't listen to them. My new friends provided the drugs. Funny how when you're rich, you don't even need to pay for the high. But I did pay and managed to snort more than a million dollars up my nose. Another mill, I spent on wild parties, alcohol, and anything my druggie friends wanted."

I inhaled deeply before continuing. "I hated myself and death was on my horizon but I didn't see it."

I looked away. The next part would be the hardest and it might be the end of us before "us" was part of our story. This time it was her sweet hands that turned my chin and I couldn't help but grin.

"I brought se