The anticipation of Archer’s dark promise keeps me awake while I should be napping. I remember the pleasure pain of last punishment and can’t help but eagerly await what might be coming.Even if I don’t entirely agree with the need for the punishment.I will not ever apologize for wanting to protect
Twenty minutes later, we all sit around the dining room table when the corks begin to pop and the bubbly pours.We don’t talk about what happened. Mom has banned that kind of conversation. “Last thing we need is for you all to start barking arguments again. Tonight is only a celebration of life. And
The next morning, I go down to find Mom. She’s in the kitchen, whipping up breakfast. We’re set to leave after we eat, so Mom is cooking up a big farewell breakfast, likely the size and scope of our dinner last night, sans the alcohol.There’s a lot on my mind. Everything that happened with Mr. and
When it’s my turn to say goodbye, I pull Isaac into a hug first and then move to Mom. She has tears in her eyes, likely knowing that now she has to say goodbye to Mia.“You better bring this baby back to see us again,” Mom says, sniffling. She wraps her arm around me and pulls me into a hug. “And yo
Other than the occasional random hookup, which has been admittedly very sparse lately, the brothers don’t entertain very many visitors at the Pyramid. So it is unusual when I walk down toward the kitchen and find Neil in the living room with a pair of middle-aged strangers in ill-fitting suits.None
“Oh, Chloe,” Angela says sadly. “Was that never covered in your previous school?”“No one really talked about it,” Chloe says. “Survival was more important. Basic life skills. Who has time to worry about something as arbitrary as a mating bond when you can’t afford to eat every day?”More and more p
“Yes. Is everything okay?”“Everything’s wonderful,” the nurse says. “Your friend Tide is awake.”Debbie and I split up with Angela, who tells us again and again that she understands as we apologize profusely. Then Debbie and I rush to the hospital.When we arrive, Tide is sitting up in bed, eating
Debbie’s question and my response stay with me the rest of the day. As happy as I am to have Tide back with us again, it is hard not to feel anything other than restless with how uncertain I am in my own life.I try to be positive during the rest of the visit, and even as I hug and say goodbye to De