EmmaI walk into Mia's office for yet another therapy session. Just like we always do, I first take off my shoes before sitting down. “Hi Emma,” Mia asks, smiling at me. Her smile, just like always, is inviting and warm. It makes you calm and relaxed. “Hi Mia” “Okay, you know what we have to do f
Emma.I am nervous. I am very nervous. My heart is racing and I can barely breathe. I clutch the steering wheel in a tight grip as I try to calm down the panic that was surging inside me.If I am honest, then I’ll admit that I have been skeptical since talking to Ava. My words were a false bravado f
I am jealous. Jealous that Ava has this with Noah. She also has a close relationship with Gunner. Why didn’t I wake up from my foolishness before it was too late? My only prayer is that even if Gunner and I don’t get to be as close as Ava and Noah are, at least we’ll get to the point where he doesn’
“When did you get so mature?” I tease, bumping my shoulders with hers. “I’m older, I should be wiser.”“Maturity comes with experience, you know.” She shrugs her shoulders and smiles. “Love drives us to do what is best for our children. So as long as you are driven by love, you’ll always want what’s
I don’t know, but for some reason, hearing him apologize released something inside me. something I couldn’t explain and didn’t even know I had been holding on to.“It’s not your fault, and there is nothing to forgive. I should have also realized earlier that we weren’t meant to be. That our love was
I pick up the last box and glance around my room. This room has been my sanctuary for the last two years.It had been my room when I was still a small girl, but over the years I changed it as I grew to become a woman. The décor, the paint and the furniture. I changed everything to fit the woman I be
I continue staring at my brother. It’s suddenly hitting me that I’ve been so lost with what’s happening in my life that I failed to notice anyone else around me.That’s the thing with depression. You fail to see the sufferings of others because you are too focused on yourself. I’ve let life pass me
I look at Ava’s house, and it’s just as I remember it. Nothing has changed, and it’s still the same. I know this is a different house, but looking at it takes me back to years ago, when things changed after dad died.I remember coming to her house to spew nonsense because I felt like I was losing Ro