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One accident.
Two men.
Almost three years of despair.
Four beating hearts growing in pain.
Five lives forever changed.
Everything fell apart in the blink of an eye.
These days my own misery keeps me company.
I never thought this would be me—a twenty-four-year-old—stuck in a dead-end relationship.
Gone are the thrilling adventures with Harvey Stark.
Gone is his smile.
Gone is the sight of his dimples and the sparkle in his bright blue eyes
He’s changed into a hollow version of himself and I’m just a shadow following him around our home.
Then I meet my new boss. Damon Dreygon challenges me in ways I never knew existed and makes me believe in myself again. Our souls match instantly, and meeting Damon feels like a step towards peace.
Except it’s not. Because everyone grieves differently.
While one man refuses to touch me, the other won’t love me.
And I’m crawling through the crippling chaos, barely holding on ...
Everything feels different.
And I can’t even pinpoint a reason.
All I know is that I feel a massive shift in my life approaching, as if millions of tiny magical particles are swirling around me, readying me for a new one.
“Whyholes?” my two-year-old niece, Athena, asks, dragging me out of my reverie as she plays with the frills of my ripped black jeans.
“Because Aunt Gemma can rock it, honey,” my sister tells her.
Here we are, at her place, on an early Thursday morning of January, baking muffins.
Athena’s day is brightened by the chocolate chips she gets to munch on while Gia talks smack about her husband, James, and his ability to wake her up when he goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
She’s whipping up the batter when I ask her how she’s feeling—she’s pregnant with baby number two—while I nod at whatever she’s saying.
I love her to death, but Gia doesn’t come with a mutebutton. How she ended up being more extroverted than a clown and I, more introverted than a shadow, is beyond me.
“So, what are you up to tomorrow?” my sister asks before putting the banana-and-chocolate chip muffins inside the oven.
“I have an interview at an environmental consulting firm.”
“No way! Where?”
“Downtown.”
She gives me an encouraging smile. I can tell she wants to say more—she’s dying to. As a soon-to-be psychologist currently finishing her master’s in psychology and working on her thesis, Gia never lets an opportunity to listen and give advice slip by.
