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.