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“Hey! I’m on my way to work, just pulling in. Can I call you back on my break?” Sasha asked.
“Sasha?” she asked in a small voice that broke.
“Timber, what’s wrong?”
“I…” Her face crumpled, and she curled in on herself again as a sob racked her body. “Wreck has someone else.”
“What?”
“He is with someone else.”
“There’s no way.”
“It’s true. My client. She’s with him.”
“Oh my God. Timber, are you sure? He seems to really care for you.”
“He’s a liar.”
“Oh, hell,” her sister gasped out. “What do you need?”
“I don’t know.”
“What can I do?”
“I don’t even know, Sasha. I’m so freaking hurt.” Each word was tear-soaked.
“I’m gonna kill him,” Sasha said.
“No.”
“I’m gonna kill her too.”
“Sasha, stop. I don’t want you to say anything to him. I want to leave gracefully.”
“You don’t always have to take the high road, Timber!” Anger unfurled in her sister’s words.
“I want to!” she exclaimed. “What else do I have? Everyone does this. I’m an easy target, right? That’s what this is? They hurt me, and what can I do? Not a damn thing. Yelling at them is just the reaction they’ve been waiting for, and I’m tired of people seeing my reactions. I’m tired of them seeing how easily they can get to me. That’s what I need from you. I need you to listen to me, and maybe take me out for some drinks so I can fall apart—just you and me—but I don’t want anything to do with that man. I already have my closure. I want you to help me move forward, and support my high road. All I have left from the people who hurt me is my reaction. It’s all I can control. I want to look back and be proud of how I handled it all. I need you to understand that.”
“Okay.” Sasha sighed loudly. “I love you. Just so you know. You are loved. You are lovable. You are worthy of love.”
Timber laughed thickly. “You sound like me.”
“I’ve been taking lessons from this great therapist I know.”
She smiled sadly. “Go to work. Go save lives. I’m fine. I just wanted to tell somebody. It felt too big to hold on my own.”
“What are you going to do?”
Timber inhaled deeply. “I kind of want to leave town for a couple of days. Is that crazy?”
“No. That’s completely normal for the circumstance. Get some distance from that asshole. I can try to get someone to cover my shifts. Want me to go too?”
“Maybe.”
“I’ll ask around tonight. We can do a sister-trip and shit-talk boys and take hot pictures and run the world. We can rent a cabin with a hot tub somewhere far away. I can get some marijuana.”
She laughed thickly. “I don’t think people call it marijuana.”
