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“Do you have any idea how hard that was for me?”

“You’ve always been my rock, Kinley Even as I child, I always had you there No ot sober for you I took ether for you The day I realized that everything I was doing in my life was for you, I relapsed That first drink was like being reunited with you How sad, right? It was just a do they would still work, and I wouldn’t be a drunk ifher head “I later learned that alcohol is a depressant, and for soas”

“I needed closure, Mo you stole from me”

“I thought I was doing the right thing Finally, after all these years and everything I put you through There’s so e in your life So ive h”

“You have no idea what you put h in the past ten years, especially in the past five Your stunt that night cost me more than you’ll ever know”

“I don’t knohere it ca, but I wasn’t thinking I want you to know that I haven’t drank since that night”

In a million years, did I ever expect for her to announce, “I went to rehab thanks to Christian”

“What?” It was my turn to jerk back from the unexpected news

“You didn’t tell her?”

He shook his head “I didn’t want to get her hopes up”

“What’s going on?” I asked, i for their answer

“Your husband set up a placement for me at the rehab facility that’s owned by the hospital he was interning at”

“Wow,” I breathed out, only looking at Christian “You did that for her?”

He nodded “I’d do anything for you After I was able to set it up, I went to your mom’s hospital room and told her That was the last I heard of her I didn’t ask I didn’t want to know”