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."

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

a deep breath, I fully focus on her and let her question bounce in my head as I try lock down what

I finally say, "I got in contact with my previous firm. They have a branch here in the city and they were happy to have

and out of nowhere, I quit my job. I never expected that they'd take

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

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

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

"What about him?"

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.

then writes something in

you are saying, but I am worried that you are using Gunner and Calvin as a bandaid. I am afraid that you are settling for them since you didn't end up with Rowan, given he was

would think this way about me and about my intentions to mend things with Calvin and Gunner.

as I just stare at her. No words come out of my mouth. It opens and closes, but

intention. Gunner may be too young to understand everything but if that's what I am thinking, then that's what Calvin will think too. Are you sure that you haven't settled for

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 stop him from thinking that the reason I am now begging for forgiveness is because Rowan didn't want me? I've was hang up on him for years, what's to stop Calvin from thinking that my change of heart is because I

settling but because I genuinely want forgiveness and a chance

should I

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