Chapter The next few days were pretty uneventful. Patrick asked Jamie to return to Aruba to deal with the release of my motherâs remains, and there had been several meetings with the family attorney, Since the kidnapping, I didnât stay in the house alone. The guys tried to be subtle about it, but I wasnât dumb. I knew what they were doing and just accepted it.
I also shared with them about the talk Patrick, and I had about wanting to understand my motherâs choices and dealing with the fact that I would probably never get answers to why she made them. Drew taken me out into a shady seating in the backyard for one of these talks..
Drew had always been interested in mental health and helping people, especially soldiers returning home and dealing with PTSD. He had taken opportunity the military offered him, and while he was no expert, he had learned quite a bit, and he was helping me a lot.
âBeing angry at your mother and this situation is normal,â Drew said. âItâs something we have been talking about a lot these past few .â
âWell, I have plenty of anger at the moment, admitted, running my fingers along the design that decorated the arm of the chair I was sitting in How many my years had 1 her and wished she was there with me or had taken me when she left? I just wish I could understandâ¦Why did she even have me if she would leave me behind because she didnât want me? She could have given me up for adoption or had an abortion. Itâs not like my parents were married. Why did she wait until after I was born to leave? At the same time, even if I had the answers, I donât know what to do or how to deal with the answers.â I sighed, looking up at Drew, hoping he would somehow have the answers I sought.
âAll right, letâs pause momentarily and come at this from a different direction.â
One of the reasons I liked talking to Drew about this was that he didnât always push me. Even when I wasnât sure if talking helped, I still felt better getting it off my chest. He also wanted me to be able to fix myself with the tools I had been learning from him. I knew he and the other guys would always be there for me, but I liked that he wasnât trying just to jump in and fix everything for me.
âEmmy?â
âSorry, I was just thinking.â
âItâs okay. Do you want to keep going, or are we done for the ?â
âYou donât need to baby me,â
âIâm not. You have had a lot of traumatic things happening to you in the last few weeks. Dealing with it all is going to take some time. I donât want to overwhelm you.
âWhat else did you want to talk about?â
âDo you want to find out if you have any other family?â He asked.
âI donât know, I love our life right now, I donât know if I want to throw a wrench into that by adding other people.â
âThat is something only you will have the answer to Drew stood and stretched. âNow, is there anything else you want to talk with me about? Or are you ready to call it a day â
âI think Iâm good for now; I canât think of anything else, I admitted. He had left me plenty to think about, but I was ready for a break.
âGood, the guys have been blowing up my phone. I think they something about going to play laser tag.â he , glancing at his phone before holding his hand out to me.
âIâm on on your team then,â I said, linking my hand with his and following him toward the house.
It took a while, but we were finally all loaded into the SUV. Patrick was driving, and Mike âThis doesnât look like laser tag,â I said, chuckled, then leaned forward from the back row, kissing my cheek before poking lake and telling him to pay up. Jake passed his twin some cash, and I looked even confused I glanced between them. âWhat is going on?â I asked, looking back and forth at the twins.
âI bet jake you wouldnât question where were going until we got there and he thought you wouldnât say until we got inside,â Josh told me.
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