Chapter 0500

Emma

I 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 first, right?"

She asks and I nod my head.

I take a deep breath before closing my eyes. I sort through my thoughts. I don't hold onto them for long or dwell on them. Instead, I let them go without trying to dive into them.

I push out the thoughts about Calvin, Gunner, my brother, mom and Ava. I clear my head until there is nothing. Until my head is empty and I am at peace.

Once that's done, I open my eyes.

"Are you ready for us to begin?" Mia, who was watching me, asks.

I nod "Yes."

the last time, you told me you are ready to get your life back together. How's that

her question bounce in my head

with my previous firm. They have a branch here in the city and they

of nowhere, I quit my job.

ask for my old job back, I expected them to turn me away and tell me to fuck off. I was surprised when my senior got excited at hearing me. She immediately accepted my request, even after I told her that I wasn't coming back

a particular reason why you decided to get your

am doing all this.

"What about him?"

life is a mess now, can I?" I give her a sheepish smile. "I quit my job and moved with my mum while I was basically wasting away in my bedroom.

and then writes something in

are saying, but I am worried that you are using Gunner and Calvin as a bandaid. I am afraid that you are settling for

feel offended and hurt that she would think this way about me and about my intentions to mend things with Calvin

mouth. It opens

was my intention. Gunner may be too young to understand everything but if that's what I

I would have thought the same thing. Calvin and Ava are friends so he knows that she and Rowan are together. He knows Rowan chose Ava. What's to stop him from thinking that the reason I am now begging for forgiveness is

because I am settling but because I genuinely want forgiveness and a chance at redemption. I want to be in Gunner and Calvin's life." I answer after

should

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