Laura The next morning, it was Jason who woke me up, and I had to lie in bed for a while thinking about what had happened. The day before had been a show of revelations: we had revealed the sex of our babies, who would both be boys; I had asked Jason to marry me; and the icing on the cake had been
Laura Since the Pritchards' children were there at the mansion because of yesterday's gender reveal party, Annie was happily playing with them in the garden after having breakfast. I could see her from the balcony of the room where I was on the top floor of the mansion. My daughter was so happy tha
Laura “Your revelation was beautiful and rewarding, Rosanne. Very important for me and Jason, it's true that now we're going to deal with our relationship in a deeper way than before after knowing what you just told us," I said to her, showing that I was really happy to know that Jason and I had th
Laura Rosanne was efficient on the trip she made to Chicago, not taking many days to get back, and while she didn't return, I followed Vivian's treatment closely. The psychiatrists were doing a great job with her, they were taking care of her and doing therapy with her, so I took her to the garden
Laura “Are you saying she just freaked out?” Jason asked rhetorically as soon as I told him what had happened that afternoon. I shrugged lightly. "At first, she was confusing Annie with me, but then she realized that the girl didn't have all the traits of her daughter that she simply remembers fro
Laura When my mother-in-law returned from Chicago to the mansion there in Manhattan, she brought with her the photo album that she so wanted to show me, which proved that what she had said about having already met my mother was true. “Do you see me here?” She said this as she pointed to a photo ta
Jason Laura was with my mother and Vivian as they gently showed her the old photos in the album that my mother had brought from Chicago to help with her recovery. Vivian still couldn't correlate the photos she was seeing now with her past, things were still a mess for her, and that could take a lit
Jason "Is that why you're wanting to divorce my mother? Are you also going to do the same as Joshua and get married again? You’re not going to tell me that you’re already planning a wedding,” I supposed that to my father as if it were a mere joke, but he knew I was taking it seriously. “To tell th
“I really wish I didn't care, just like you don't care,” I said. “Are my grades at school terrible? Fuck them; I don't care. Who cares about social life or social issues? I want everyone to explode. I'm going to continue here in my room playing my shooting and death games until I feel accomplished.
Jake Gardner “Please tell me. Is he really out of danger?” My wife asked on the other end of the line. “Yes, he is,” I replied. “The bullet hit his shoulder. He’s going to be fine.” I heard her sighing on the other end of the line. "Thank God. I'm going to call Amber to let her know; she's so wo
Annie It was my parents there trying to get closer to me. My heart almost came out of my mouth, and I almost melted with relief and also anguish. “Dad… Mom,” I stammered, my eyes filling with tears. But Peter was quick; he put his arm around my shoulder, pulling me to his chest, and placed the bar
Laura Jason was driving the car while talking to me about something random. “Terry is coming home this Christmas,” he was saying. “He has done an incredible job at the Pretoria branch, but he misses his family.” It had been a few months since Terence had moved to South Africa for work; he was one
Warning: sensitive content Annie “Are you ready?” Peter asked me as he and I were about to storm the Mexican diner down the street. He and I had spent hours talking about it, and no matter how much I told him not to do that and go back home, he said he would only come back after I granted him that
Laura I woke up with a start when I woke up, suddenly remembering where I was and what I was doing. “Wake up, Jason…” I called him, while running my hand over my face. He was sleeping next to me and woke up too. “Hmm, what's wrong? Did something happen?” He asked, looking at me with a sleepy fa
Annie “I thought you were the only one who understood me. So now you can’t blame me for being attracted to the monster that I am.” Peter's words weighed on me. When I found out about his secret, it was as if the world around me woke up in its most naked and raw colors; it was as if I now realized
Annie “I can't believe it; it's not true. Peter would tell me something like that if it were true,” I said in denial, my voice breaking. The surrounding town took its course as I stood there at the payphone with the phone to my ear. Peter's psychologist had just told me something that was shaking a
Annie I was staring at the white ceiling of that hotel room as I lay on my back on the bed, the annoying noise of the fan disturbing my thoughts. I was bored. Peter had left a few hours ago, saying he needed to take care of something important, so I was left alone in that hotel room. I had already