I turned my gaze toward the row of chairs behind me, each one inviting, as if promising relief from the whirlwind of emotions threatening to drown me. My feet felt heavy as I took a few unsteady steps and dropped into the nearest seat, feeling my whole body sink into it. I let my head fall forward, resting in my hands as my fingers pressed against my temples as if hoping to steady the storm inside. With my eyes closed, I could feel the wild, erratic thoughts spinning in my head like a cyclone, each thought more overwhelming than the last.
Everything with Reggie had unfolded in ways I could never have anticipated. Whenever I tried to picture what being alone with him might feel like, my mind would just shut down, leaving nothing but a blank canvas where expectations or fantasies should hav
