“Naw...she loves you. She’ll blame me once I tell her about Sekani. Mama just likes to show she has control over me, so she feels I will always be hers. Probably why I did it to you.”
“What, you finally admit you can be controlling?” I giggled as I walked down the sidewalk. “Our marriage may have worked if we had been this honest.”
“Correct, or maybe we would have divorced years ago.” He chuckled. “Have you told Grey yet?”
Thinking of the man I loved since we were fourteen, I smiled. “No. I want to focus on the store and the children for now. He still needs to heal from Tatianna. What about you and Joi?”
He sighed. “Complicated."
"I told you... you love challenges." I smiled at an Asian woman passing me by.
"Yeah...yeah. Yeah. She challenges the living shit out of me, but I won't make the same mistakes—enough talk about that. You and I have the grand opening and the holidays upon us, and we’re in the playoffs. I’m focused on the family and my own healing, too. Hey...gotta run. I need to meet with the Coach before we head for the airport. Love you.”
“Love you,” I said back to him and looked up at my sign again, which could be seen from a distance.
Like Home Remedies.
My store was finally a reality. I looked around the busy street, at the colorful signs and the diverse people, and I was proud that I would be a part of the fabric of this neighborhood. One chapter of my life may be ending, but another one full of trials, tribulations, and triumphs is beginning. Lifting my head to the sunny sky, I spread my arms and swung around. My life might be full of drama and mess, but it was my beautiful mess. I wouldn’t change the people I’ve met, the people I have loved, or any experience I’ve gone through for the world. If I continued to live with regrets, I wouldn’t be me.
Darren Brown.
The girl who used to believe she was plain until one late summer, while moving into a condo by the beach with her best friends, Grey and Chelsea, Carter St. Patrick noticed her, and her whole world changed.
