“We’ll figure it out. Don’t worry, everything will be okay. Things will work themselves out.”
Even as I said those words, I knew they were a lie. Things will probably never be okay, and I doubt they’ll ever work themselves out.
Alec pauses in his pacing, and his eyes become unfocused for a while before they are back to normal, and he turns to me.
“I need to meet up with Micah and Jason. Will you be okay on your own?”
I nod my head. “Yeah. Go and do what’s needs to be done.”
After pecking my cheek, he turns to leave, and I’m left alone with nothing but my consuming thoughts.
I was drowning in guilt and heartache, not only for what I put Sadie through but also for what Alec and Calvin were going through. If only we had the power to see the impact of our actions on our future, maybe we
