As they started the drive home, Chelsea put her head back against the headrest. She was asleep in a matter of minutes. Sydney felt grateful that her mother could finally rest. And if she was honest, relieved that they didn’t have to talk. She’d apologized for the mean words during their confrontation, but she still felt guilty. She’d avoided Jax’s prodding her to call her mother and talk it out. Procrastination and fear of more confrontation had set in. The longer you leave something unresolved, the harder it is to take a step back. Today had been chaos, and her concern for her mother’s well-being overshadowed their rift. But a reckoning was coming. Sydney felt the need to talk it out face to face.
The longer you leave something unresolved, the harder it is to take a step back. Forty minu
