“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
I really don’t want to celebrate the day I will probably lose the men I care about, the only men I have ever cared about so much, for the rest of my life. It feels morbid to even try to plan it.But, Beau looks so excited and earnest, that what choice do I really have? I would rather eat broken glas
The crowd outside the door begins to chant and cheer my name. The cameras zoom in on me. A reporter runs toward the door, microphone in hand.“Chloe! The world wants to know about you! Will you sit down for an interview?” Her voice is muffled through the door.“Chloe? Is something happening?” Mom as
Neither Archer nor I see the point in drawing this out, so we plan the challenge for later in the evening. During the time in between, all three of the other brothers try to convince both of us separately and together that this fight is unnecessary, but neither of us will listen.This animosity betw
That night, I take Archer by the hand and lead him toward my bedroom. He follows without complaint, without any word at all.My head and my heart are still reeling from his words. My adrenaline still pumping from our fight.I’ll never let you go into battle… without me by your side.There’s a promis
My sour mood lingers into the next morning, when I wake up alone. The bed is cold beside me; Archer is long gone.Things only get worse when I head down to breakfast. Beau stood ready, I swear, just inside the door, ready to jump me, because the moment I stepped through, he’s all over me, asking me
With the stress of my quickly approaching birthday weighing down on me, I decide what I need is to get out of the pyramid for a while and clear my head. So I load up Mia into her stroller and start to head outside.Before I can even reach the back entrance – the one that doesn’t have stairs – I’m wa