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."
last time, you told me you are ready to get
let her question bounce in my
my previous firm. They have a branch here in the city and they were happy to have
guilt and out of nowhere, I quit my job. I never expected that they'd take
I took the leap to call them and 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 to
get your life back?" Her question pulls me back to
it. Gunner is the reason I am doing all this. He
"What about him?"
sheepish smile. "I quit my job
something in her note book before
what 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
she would think this way about me and about my intentions to mend
at her. No words come out of my mouth. It opens and closes, but nothing. I lack the
eyebrows, "I can see that I've offended you... That was my intention. Gunner may be too young to understand everything but if that's what I am
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
am not doing this because I am settling but because I genuinely want forgiveness and a chance at redemption. I want
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