New Year's Eve

Andrew

I worked through lunch to make up the time I’d missed that morning, but just before two, my stomach started singing a symphony. I put it off as long as I could and eventually shut things down. It was officially a holiday. My staff were either off for the day or done by noon. I needed to get food lest I turn into a hangry monster on the lookout for someone to attack.

After packing up and getting in the car, I realized that Raven would be celebrating the New Year by herself. I couldn’t let that happen. No need to pile guilt onto guilt.

I ran through a fast food drive-through and got myself and Raven something to eat. Memories of her being a little girl and begging for the kid’s meal with a certain toy stilled the moment for me. She was almost grown. She’d be leaving soon to start her own life.

“And I almost lost her too.” I pressed my hand to my chest, realizing that I needed to find a way to chill the fuck out where both of the women in my life were concerned.

They were both you