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."

told me you are ready to get your life back together. How's that going on

focus on her and let her question bounce in my head

firm. They have a branch

of nowhere,

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

why you decided to get your life back?" Her question pulls me

don't have to think about it. Gunner is the reason I am doing all this. He is the reason why I

"What about him?"

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. That doesn't

her head and then writes something in her note book before turning back to

worried that you are using Gunner and Calvin as a bandaid. I am afraid that you are settling for them since you didn't

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

mouth. It opens and closes, but nothing. I

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

way, I understand. Hell, if the tables were turned, 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

Mia. I am not doing this 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 a

why should I

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