Gavin
Present
I dropped Melissa and Charlie off at their apartment before I headed into the office and I hated every second of leaving them alone. Charlie was doing so much better, I'm not sure I had ever been that scared before. Even when Michael was alive and I hadn't heard from him in days. Maybe it was because Charlie was so small and helpless, when I held her in my arms and she just kind of went limp I had half a mind to hunt down a doctor on my own. The sheer terror that something might happen to that sweet little girl was unfathomable.
Not being able to get a hold of Melissa compounded those feelings and then finally seeing her, watching her fall apart, felt like her sadness was mine. I couldn't describe those feelings and maybe that's because this isn't something I've ever exp
