Page 28 of I Love My Mistake

“Exactly,” she says,

“Maybe I was just looking for a way to make sense of it.”

“Maybe it was just the anger looking to find more things to be angry about. My brain does that sometimes. Let me get you a better pillow and another blanket. I’ll loan you some shorts because my sweats would be floods on you.”

I smile at her. “I guess I’m staying over?”

“Yes, and don’t argue.”

“Yes, sir!”

She laughs. “Oh shut up.”

I wait as she goes off to care for me. I know there’ll be no insomnia tonight. The secret I’ve been hiding has been expunged.

Decisions have been made.

Plans set.

Tears shed.

Now I can rest… and get ready for a new chapter in my life.

The one where Michael… no longer exists.