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“How’d he take that?”
“You know him. You tell me.”
Not very well.
“I’m gonna head upstairs. It’s been a long week.”
Yeah, it has.
He headed to the door of his office but paused. “We’re good Elias but so that we stay good, I need you to promise to see someone. At least for a while. I talked to Shore. He said he can take you if you’re cool with that.”
“I’ll talk to him.”
“Thank you.”
Mental health wasn’t just my issue. The harsh reality was that it belonged to the people who loved and cared about me too. They suffered just as much but in different ways. I didn’t know how much more patience they would have with me but I also never wanted to find out if there was a limit. That meant I had to make this work. Not just for me, but for them too.
TWENTY-EIGHT
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“I love watching you dance.”
“You love having sex with me after watching me dance.” I glanced at him over my shoulder then pulled on my sweatshirt. The good thing about Elias gutting one of the rooms on the floor below us and having it transformed into a dance studio was that he was always close. The bad thing about my new studio was that…
He was always close.
At least once a week my session ended with a follow-up session that consisted of him testing my flexibility. Let him tell it he was helping me stretch my muscles after I worked them so severely in preparation for my upcoming season. We were in a good place after things fell apartthat day.
It had been two months sincethat day.
It was how I referred to the best and worst time in my life.
So much had changed between and about us. Some good and some more of a challenge but whatever end of the spectrum things fell on, he and I faced them together. We made things work for us.Our rules, our way.
Elias had his good days but he also had some not so great days. We worked through them. Sometimes alone and sometimes with Dr. Shore. Sometimes those were really rough like the one we spent discussing, Elias’s guilt about not preventing what happened to Lucas the night he did.
With things out in the open, I had to address my feelings on what happened between him and Cole. It was a very emotionally charged session and the days after were just as emotional. We had to find a middle ground and my acceptance came from knowing that Cole had taken a life because he was high and irrational. Elias had taken a life because he was just as irrational and his mind was spiraling.
I couldn’t condemn one without condemning the other so I chose to let the past be the past. A very hard and emotional decision to make but one I had to be at peace with. Dr. Shore was there to help us express our true feelings and I was grateful because things got pretty bad that day.
Elias still struggled with the three of us being a team because it left him open and vulnerable. That was hard for him but I understood. Elias understood that I sometimes needed help navigating things with him so he allowed me that. Today would be one of those days where I needed Dr. Shore to help me navigate and my nerves were frayed.
“I won’t deny the truth. I promised to never lie to you so you’re right. I love sex with you after watching you dance but in my defense, I just love sex with you regardless of when it happens. I also love that I’m the only one who gets to experience your uninhibited performances.”
“Yet another reason why I now have a studio in house with a stage for your private performances.”
“We made a deal. No more Chapter House and you still get to be as free as you want. For me but it’s now a win for both of us since you agreed to negotiate the no touching clause.”
As if I had a choice.
“My husband is so charming and romantic.”
“Is he?” My body collided with his by way of his hands on my waist.
“He is. You could learn a few things. You want me to have him hit you up?”
He chuckled then kissed me hard. “Yeah, you do that.”
