Around The Bend by King Britney

Author:King, Britney [King, Britney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: amazon, cThriller
ISBN: 9780989218450
Google: GSSDDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00QJGGD46
Publisher: Hot Banana Press
Published: 2014-12-15T23:00:00+00:00

Jessica sat up in bed and eyed her children. Catherine wore a look of worry while her son was obviously perturbed. She adjusted the covers and then propped herself up just a little more. Her head pounded, her throat burned, and all she wanted to do was pull the covers up over her head and sleep—but she knew she had to get through this, no matter what.

Jess patted the bed. “Climb in, you guys,” she uttered, her throat dry, her head still spinning.

Catherine quickly perched herself up and splayed out on the bed while Jonathan slowly pulled a chair over. The sound grated on Jess’s ears. She waited for him to sit and settle and as he did, she contemplated how quickly he’d gone from a little boy to a young man. He’d grown up so much in the past year. And she had missed so much of it. Jess took a deep breath in and let it out. She spoke slowly. “Listen, I need to talk to you guys about something, and I want you to feel free to ask me anything you want, okay?”

Catherine nodded eagerly. Jonathan simply stared and waited.

Jess inhaled, and then began carefully. “First of all, I want to talk to you guys about last night… you shouldn’t have had to see me like you did. I was wrong for letting that happen. The thing is… I’m sick… but… I’m going to be going away for a few weeks in order to get better. Kind of like how I did when I was in the rehab facility. You remember?” She exhaled and felt the tears well up then spill over. “I’m really sad that I have to go… but I know I need to get well, especially for the two of you. I want you to know that I love the both of you more than anything. More than anything in the whole wide world. And I am sorry, so sorry for what I put you through over the past few months. Even if you don’t understand it all right now, you will someday, and I hope you know that you should never have had to see me that sick.” She paused to wipe the tears, which were running down her neck. “I know I scared you and I’m so very sorry, for all of it—”

“Drunk,” Jonathan interrupted. “You mean you were drunk.”

Jess nodded. “Yes, well, that too.”

“What does drunk mean, Mommy?” Catherine asked her tone upbeat.

“It means I drank too much, sweetie. You know how when your dad and I tell you not to eat too much candy or it’ll make you sick? Well, it’s sort of like that.” She eyed her son. “Only worse. Anyway, Grammy is going to come and stay with the two of you while I go and get better…”

Her daughter’s face dropped. “But I don’t want you to leave again.”

Jess wrapped her daughter in her arms and met her son’s gaze. “I don’t want to leave again either, but this is something I have to do.

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