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Aly Martinez
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March 27 - April 1, 2024
The world owes you nothing. There, I said it. And I hope to God you actually listened because it’s the best piece of advice you will ever receive.
The world owes you nothing. It had given us even less. To adequately convey my journey through hell, I’ll need to start at the end. The very end. The last time I saw my Sally.
Still, one of us had to get help. Someone had to be the better half in this relationship. Currently, we were just two people—broken and even more broken. And in love. Irrevocably. And terrified. Constantly.
The world owes you nothing. I knew this because, not ten minutes later, it stole my entire life.
He was one of the strongest men I’d ever met, but since the accident, he’d been struggling. He had nightmares—a lot. Anxiety that crept up on him from out of nowhere. And sometimes, he just got overwhelmed with life in general.
Everyone processes tragedy in a different way. Some shut down and get lost in the emotion, spending their days fighting demons and trying to forget. Some get angry, rage at the world, and try to find someone to blame in the hopes that it will release them from the suffocating weight of their guilt. Some turn inward, trying to figure out why they were one of the few chosen to survive, and then they dedicate their lives to repaying Karma for sparing their life. And some, like Katherine, create an email distro for all the survivors to share essential oil concoctions, cat memes, and plan monthly
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Bowen—Mr. Tall, Dark, and Nice Ass himself—was sitting alone at the bar, sipping from a highball glass. A smile immediately split my lips. It had only been a few days since our run-in—okay, collision—at the courthouse, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I’d thought about him in that time. I—along with the majority of the female population—was a sucker for the broody, mysterious type. Really, it was something biological and completely out of my control.
Bowen has me like 🥺😭
