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.
I fully focus on her and let her question bounce in my head as I try lock down what
got in contact with my previous firm. They have a branch here in
had a mental breakdown because of guilt and out of
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
your life back?" Her question pulls me
to think about it. Gunner is the reason I am doing
"What about him?"
is a mess now, can I?" I give her a sheepish smile. "I
in her note book before
bandaid. I am afraid that you are settling for them since you didn't end up with
me. I feel offended and hurt that she would think this way about me and about
am quiet as I just stare at her. No words come out of my mouth. It opens and closes, but nothing. I lack the words to
if that's what I am thinking, then that's what Calvin will think too. Are you sure that you haven't settled for them because
started building inside me. Now that she put it that 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 stop him from thinking that the reason I am now begging for forgiveness is because Rowan didn't want me? I've was hang
sure, Mia. I am not doing this because I am settling but because I genuinely want forgiveness and a
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