It wasn’t gone.
No, it was always there, like something clawing to get out, but for now, in David's firm, supportive hold, I was calm again.
David gently guided me into the passenger side of his car and rushed around to the other side, driving us straight back to my place.
Wow.
My place. That feels unreal to think. It had always been mine and mum's, but now, I had a substantial six-bedroom home and too much silence filling it.
I didn’t want to stay there alone. I couldn’t.
Those walls were filled with memories of me as a toddler and all the way up until now, and my mother had always been there with me, every step of the way.
“Liam will be here in a few days, and Bree offered to stay with you for a bit, Rio. She is heading back home now. Her Aunt is recovering fine now, and I have t
