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I had to ask myself why Why was I suddenly back to that time so vividly inthe long-shelvedtheht, but probably spot-on accurate

I’d ht Flowers, dinner, romance--complete honesty about the hell I’d been in and how I’denough to handle it The bonus was having her support on some of the emotional burden This was one of the aspects of a deep relationship She shared her stuff with htless arsehole a lot of the time and you need to work on that

Brynne hated when I shielded her fro, with the will to fight ingrained deeply inside her She was no coward, and wouldn’t go doithout giving it her all My girl faced her fears head on I should take her example and do the same I accepted the time had come for me to seek out some professional help and to trust someone else with the burden of h it, and I couldn’t be in better hands than hers

Brynne would also serve my arse to me on a silver platter and I should be prepared for that when I got horin at the thought of her reaction to eous as usual with her eyes blazing, hands on her hips, battle-ready and full of fire I looked forward to seeing the change in her when I caifts and humbled, ready to finally share with her the darkest de the unht reward me for all that, afterward

I had some phone calls toby at a reckless clip and there was no tirets that couldn’t be remedied I sent Brynne a text first: I love u Sorry 4 last nite xx I’s ok?

I dialed my sister in Somerset and waited for the call to connect

"Brother, you have i I just had a visit fronatures"

"That is very welcoht slip and we’ll do it that way"

"Sure I do think it’s the rinned ina look, do you think it’s possible in such a short time?"

"Well, it’ll be close, but I think it can be done--not everything, mind you, but for your purposes, yes"

"Good I mean, I trust you implicitly, Han Just do your best"

"When can you come here? At soht I won’t be able toceremonies, but the moment that’s all behind me I’ll slip in a quick tripsomehow"

&diaed hie proofs on the screen "Oh hed softly "He’ll think they’re beautiful, Bree They are They’re breathtaking"