Life After Taylah
“I say, pacing up and down beside Lena’s hospital bed.
She sighs and rolls to her side, sipping a juice. “It was a mistake; I took it too far. I’m allowed to have fun.”
My anger rises to boiling point, but I squash it down. I can’t talk about this with Macy sitting in the corner.
“There’s fun,” I grate out, “and there’s taking it to the next level. You could have been killed—or worse, something could have happened to Macy. How would you feel if something happened to her?”
She stares up at me and... something flashes behind her eyes.
“Why are you even here, Nate? We both know this relationship is damaged.”
“Beats me,” I mutter, kicking my shoe into the pole of her bed over and over.
“You’re going to leave me?” she croaks, her eyes welling with tears.
Shit.
“I . . . shit isn’t good right now Lena, and . . .”
“Please don’t!” she cries. “Please, I’ll do better. I love you, Nate; don’t tear our family apart. If you leave, one of us is going to miss out on our daughter.”MoreLess
She sighs and rolls to her side, sipping a juice. “It was a mistake; I took it too far. I’m allowed to have fun.”
My anger rises to boiling point, but I squash it down. I can’t talk about this with Macy sitting in the corner.
“There’s fun,” I grate out, “and there’s taking it to the next level. You could have been killed—or worse, something could have happened to Macy. How would you feel if something happened to her?”
She stares up at me and... something flashes behind her eyes.
“Why are you even here, Nate? We both know this relationship is damaged.”
“Beats me,” I mutter, kicking my shoe into the pole of her bed over and over.
“You’re going to leave me?” she croaks, her eyes welling with tears.
Shit.
“I . . . shit isn’t good right now Lena, and . . .”
“Please don’t!” she cries. “Please, I’ll do better. I love you, Nate; don’t tear our family apart. If you leave, one of us is going to miss out on our daughter.”MoreLess
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