Chapter Thirty-One
When we enter the restaurant I feel like I need a moment to gather myself, I am seriously nauseous. I stand in the corner and put my hands in front of my face and take a deep breath. This is harder than I thought. I don’t know if I can go through with this.
I feel a pair of hands wrap around my arms and gently pull them down. I look at Rich, he’s smiling at me.
“I don’t think I can do this”, I say.
“Just take a deep breath”, Rich says. I do take a deep breath and try to calm down. “If you want we can leave and ditch everyone”.
I laugh. I know I can’t do that. I can’t leave the Walters alone with my family, that would be a disaster, I can’t do that to the Walters.
Even if I feel like I want to run the hell out of here, I know that I have to stay and I have to ge
