Step 15. Turn the Brights On
Playlist: “When She Comes Home Tonight” by Riley Green
It’s as if instead of pulling me apart at the seams, these two men make me feel more secure in my feelings for the other. There is an intertwining of them both, a tangling web that I fear I may well be stuck in already awaiting my gruesome end; a devouring of who I was before. What will become of me?
I cannot be in two places at once. This week will end and I’ll go home. That much is certain. However, every moment here makes that fact a little less inviting. Perhaps it’s better to cut and run early.
… Is it becoming time to go home?
“Jenny Lynn, you still there? You went quiet for a bit,” Matthew breaks into my inner monologue. It is not an unwelcome intrusion.
“Yes, honey. I’m still here,” I reassure
