Better Not Cry by Willow Rose

Author:Willow Rose [Rose, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BUOY MEDIA LLC
Published: 2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00

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We stayed at the house all day. It felt good to just hang with my kids and not have to go anywhere. We didn't even go down to the beach, but we did go in the pool for an hour or so before we returned inside the house to the freshly baked cookies and hot chocolate.

Sune stayed in the media room all day, probably sulking. I tried not to think about him while spoiling the kids with marshmallows in the hot chocolate and seconds on the cookies. I refused to let him ruin my vacation. The kids and I had been looking forward to this trip for ages and talked about how great it was going to be, and it had been crazy expensive, so I was determined to have a good time no matter what.

I knew Sune was disappointed and he was right to be. I, for one, didn't know how I would feel if it was me, to have been looking so much forward to seeing this doctor, hoping, praying he could heal you and then just being told that it was all in your head and that he couldn't help you unless you made some improvement first.

What a nerve that doctor had.

I was so furious at him I considered leaving a bad review on his webpage, but what was the use? I wasn't angry with him. I was mad at the entire situation, and so was Sune.

"We should have a fire in the fireplace," Tobias suddenly said.

We were sitting in the living room, spread out on the couches, drinking our hot chocolate. Julie and William were playing some card game that Julie obviously wasn't much into since she was constantly checking her phone, while William cheated.

I looked at the fireplace in front of us, then shivered. Ever since seeing that boy pulled out of the chimney, I wasn't too fond of the idea.

"Maybe another time," I said.

"Why not now?" Julie asked, finally looking up from her phone.

"Are you kidding me? It's like eighty degrees outside," I said.

"We can just crank up the AC," she said. "Make it feel like it's cold and wintery and Christmassy. Please, Mom?"

"Yes, please, Mom?" Tobias said.

I looked at him. He had never called me mom before. My heart sank thinking about how well we were doing as a family and how I was scared to lose it all again.

"No," I said. "I don't even know how to…"

"We could roast marshmallows," Julie said.

"Yeah!" Tobias said.

"Yeah," William repeated while sending me a look—that look—the one he knew I couldn't say no to, chewing aggressively on his pacifier. I sighed. Three sets of adorable eyes were staring back at me.

"I saw some firewood in the garage," Tobias said. "I can help you. I learned how to make a fire at boy scouts."

"Really?" I asked.

"Really," they all three repeated in unison, even though William's came a little later.

I smiled and shook my head.

"I'll get the firewood," Julie said and got up, leaving her phone on the couch.

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