Fuck, yes.
“I am in love with both of them,” I say without
thinking about it.
Saying it out loud makes me feel even surer.
More of aman.
“I imagine this house will soon be fuller than it
currently is,” Aaron says while we all break out
laughing.
He joins us and piles onto the group hug.
And so we remain, in the middle of the living
room hugging and close like we always have been.
Because this is our family. Full of chaos, loud,
made of unlikely combinations, but it’s mine and I
love it. And I’d do anything for her.
And I’d like Erin to be part of it, and her baby
will grow up among these walls with love,
friendship and loyalty.
And with me.
With his father close by.
21
Erin
I get up from the chair and accept the hand of my
professor who, to my disbelief, has given me top
marks. I didn’t think I had studied enough for this
exam, worried about a million problems, but the
night with Patrick and the morning we shared gave
me something extra that helped me to face this
with more confidence and determination and the
professor must have noticed my new attitude.
I let out a sigh of satisfaction and turn to leave
