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I was the go-to guy for fuckery, until the day I alot into my best friend’s car and nearly died The look on et It was that look that turned my life around

Fro, who never put a toe wrong I did everything I was supposed to, so as not ever to see that look in her eyes again But this shit right here is about to make me take ten steps back

If the woman I trusted to have onna break loose But in the back of et, I can still hear Jenny’s voice asking me what kind of pills Lauren was on

I scratched my stomach as I left the rooht din of voices;for the way they’d cos to do with their tirown-ass son

I needed a shave, but that could wait until later, right now I needed food and an updatefro to dad “Are you hungry? Dad and I brought you back so to eat”

“You took the girls to a restaurant?” The one time Lauren and I tried that; it was a disaster The tere in no way ready to sit and watch us eat I can’t seeup with their screarin

“Oh no, ent on our own Jenny was here She’s such a sweet child” She went on to sing Jenny’s praises like everyone else “She got us a few day’s supplies of irls since they’re not used to the for into giving us more if needed”

I was stunned into silence It never entered er had gone beyond as necessary of her to look out for my kids “Damn, I didn’t even think about that How did they take it, were they okay?”

“Seeet some food into you and then one irls if they wake up in the night” I wasn’t sure about the more pills, but my stomach rumbled at the mention of food

I followed her into the kitchen, where she sat me down like I elve years old while she heated up soot from my favorite Italian bistro Dad came in and pulled up a seat across from me with a weird look on his face

“I called n of Lauren yet Your ; we think it may be best if we called in someone to hunt her down At this rate, she could be halfway across the country by now”

“Where would we look? Lauren didn’t have a steady ho up There’re no sisters and brothers, no close relatives she could run to” I’rown up in because the way she talked, not one of them should’ve been trusted with the care of children, and she held no fond memories for them

As ht of her out there scared and alone didn’t sit too ith hon all cylinders yet, but cos

I felt kinda bad that I wasn’t all gung-ho to go find her; a year ago, that wouldn’t have been the case Then again, after the shit she peopled, I’ain when I recalled seeing her standing overtooto take soet over, if ever

I picked at my food and pushed away about half of it; it didn’t have any taste “About tomorrow, your dad and I have canceled our trip to the Caymans…”

“You don’t have to do that I can work from home for a while, as you know” She didn’t look too sure or too confident in my abilities