Fuck! But I was the one to tell him to stay behind and show Kimmie the new strategy we came up with on one of the maps for Capture the Flag. Mom xxx “Honey, are you ok?”
Blankly staring out my window I answered without any particular emotion, “Yeah – I’m fine, I guess.”
“Joe left in quite a hurry,” she said with concern. Then, in an instant I’m dragged back down in that sunken place where the anger and sadness consume me. I could sense Joe’s apprehension when he finally spoke up. “Honey,” dad praised while wiping his mouth with his napkin, “you really have outdone yourself.”
Mom looked at all of us with such joy and simply said thank you. That she’ll stop the pain. “It’s going to be ok, you know,” she softly spoke as she leaned in, resting her head on my shoulder. Like Taylor told me, this is my origin story.
