Chapter 66
Tristan
Once I decide on my course of action, I feel much more at peace.
After coffee with Chasten, I text Nick and tell him that I’m okay, that I’m sorry that I was acting weird this morning, and that I’m going to take the rest of the day to be alone, journal, and get some of my thoughts and feelings sorted out.
NICK: Thanks for letting me know :) I’m glad you’re okay! We miss you!
He sends a selfie of himself and Abbie out for lunch, and it makes my heart flutter. How lucky am I that I get to love and be loved by Nick, but also get to be part of his daughter’s life?
I spend the rest of the day by myself.
I journal for the first time in months. I pray—not to any god specifically, but to the Universe itself.
I thank life for what it’s brought me, good and bad, and how I have always had the strength to endure.
And I know that, for what it’s worth, I am going to be okay.