La Vie en Rose {Life in Pink} by Lydia Michaels

Author:Lydia Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: breast cancer, survivor, new adult, New York, friends to lovers
Publisher: PublishDrive
Published: 2016-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

Part II

...tied up with bows...

There’s always a beginning and there’s always an end.

Love is the beautiful chaos in between.

Chapter Thirteen

“In The Color Purple there’s a line about God getting pissed off because people don’t appreciate how pretty purple is. Maybe that’s what God’s doing now, reminding us to stop and appreciate life before it’s gone.”

Riley forced a smile. “Maybe.”

Emma had been having a lot of those enlightened moments lately. She often expressed them, but he wasn’t sure if she was sharing them because she wanted him to hypothesize with her or because she wanted to reassure God she received the warning loud and clear, and would cease taking life for granted.

At the moment, as he drove her to her appointment, he didn’t give a lavender tinted fuck about the color purple. He wanted to punch God in the face and demand guarantees that his girlfriend was going to be all right.

“It’s up there on the left.”

“I know.”

Her energy had been high since that morning. He wasn’t sure how she was functioning, because neither of them slept the night before. This was another example of how optimistic and good she was, thereby emphasizing how screwed up life could be, putting someone as undeserving as Emma through this.

I take that back. No one deserves this. Maybe they were both making deals with a god they didn’t completely trust.

His head was a mess. He was angry and scared, overly emotional, and in some sort of bidding war with a Santa Zeus God he wasn’t sure existed. This might be happening to her, but it seemed like a way to punish him. For what, he wasn’t sure, but he was convinced it was his fault.

“There’s a spot.”

How was she so calm? He pulled the car into the parking space and shut off the engine. “You ready?”

“I waited the longest two weeks of my life for this. Yes, I’m ready. I want to get this over with and get back to normal.”

Terrified, he faced her and attempted a smile. They might never see normal again. “Then let’s do this.” They opened the doors and climbed out.

“Wait,” she called, rushing over to his side of the car.

She held up the Polaroid, angling the camera so the doctor’s office was in the background. “I want to remember this. When I look back from whatever happens next it’ll remind me to always appreciate life, even the rainy days.”

The bulb flashed and he blinked. He hadn’t had a chance to smile. She tossed the camera on the front seat and waved the picture. As it came into view she giggled. “Look at your face.”

He glanced at the photograph, ignoring his staggered expression. It didn’t matter. She was there, always smiling. “Look how lovely you are.”

It wasn’t her clothing or her makeup and that claw thing in her hair. It was her. She was just a lovely person, so silly and easygoing—most days. Sure she had quirks and got overly sensitive when he didn’t hang the dishcloth on the hook, but most of the time she was perfect.

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