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I’d copped to Lauren’s jealousy and insecurity early on and had gone out of my way to squelch such behavior from others Anyone who showed too much interest in me I shied away from, and we found a nice new balance

Suddenly I felt sout as my eyes left the scene of the crio and shifted to the basketball hoop that was still barely hanging froe door I re to marry me It can’t be, this is nuts

Derrick

It’s hard reconciling the scrawny little kid who used to followeyes with the woman-child I’veabout this shit again? Especially at a time like this?

It’s the daood with prescription er then ibuprofen and I’ in as I stepped out of the car, and I kneas only a matter of time before I keeled over

“I shouldn’t have taken those pills I need to see my kids”

“The doctor said you need theirls; once I put you to bed, your dad and I alk over and get them Jenny took them in the double stroller earlier”

There’s her dauess I shouldn’t think like that after all she’d saved not only me but my kids as well But I can’t help but wonder if any of this would’ve happened without her being in the picture?

I’ her for Lauren’s actions, but maybe her presence was the straw that broke the ca a real asshole here, aren’t you D? You gonna blame that on the pills as well? Oh yeah, another added side bennie of taking pills is the conversations I have with myself Mom literally walked me up the stairs and put me to bed I was out before she left the room

JENNY

I was anxious for news about how Derrick was doing even though his o while they were still at the hospital Now she was on her way here with her husband to pick up the girls who’d just woken up from their nap