Addicted for Now (Addicted Series 2)

“What do you want, darling?”

How?”

“I’ll show you.”

Her eyes brighten with possibilities, but she doesn’t insist, doesn’t ask or compel me for more. She waits for me.

Just as I asked.

“I love it, Lo.” Her eyes twinkle as they meet mine. “I love you more.”

Lily Calloway, will you marry me, for real this time?

I pull out a small box from my pocket. Colorful and wrapped in comic book strips.

I’m ready for this to be honest, not another sham. I’m so ready for her to take it off. Her eyes have already welled with tears and I haven’t even spoken yet.

She is my past, my present, my future. So when I open the door and slide into the driver’s seat, I’m not surprised that it feels like I’m returning home.

Having money doesn’t make you an unfeeling automaton. You’re human. You can still have problems. The difference is that you have the ability to fix them. You just have to want to. Not everyone can receive the same help you can or afford the rehab facility you went to.” My stomach curdles at the truth. “But that doesn’t mean your recovery can’t be difficult. It doesn’t mean that what people say on TV or in the tabloids doesn’t hurt as much. You still bleed like the rest of us. You can cry. You can be upset. That right has not been taken from you.”

I love you too,

Whatever Emily said, I need you to know that I’m not going anywhere. I’ll always be here when you come home. There will always be an us