Back at the house, Grace stalked up stairs, festering about our earlier conversation. f*****g hell… teenagers.
Edie and I settled onto the couch, the fond yet scarring memories on this couch. I blanketed my arms around her, pulling her into my chest as she nuzzled into me.
"I love you." I whispered into her ear as I brushed the fallen hair from her face.
"I love you too Paul." She patted my chest before quickly drifting off to sleep.
Today had been a lot. A lot of emotions that I wasn't really ready to process. But at the end of the day, this is where we're at, soon to be patents in the a few months. No matter how I felt about it that, it was fact, and sooner or later, I was going to have to face that silence head on. But for now, I'm going to focus on the beauty in my arms.
Edi
