Chapter 23

Sophie is my harbor in my storm, even though she thinks I’m her cool and level to her hurricane. She has no idea how calm she makes me, how still she makes my head when I get like this, and has been the sea of peace I always ran to when my head was torturing me alive. I just need her to fucking talk to me. To help me find my bearings like she always does.

It’s crazy, but somehow, we balance each other out in different ways, and right now, my scales are fucked, and all the balance has fallen off one end. Sophie is the wild one. She’s the little live wire and the bundle of hard work… but she’s the one who brings me sanity. She knows how to stop me from turning my head inside out. She is always so direct and uncomplicated. She says it like it is. She makes me see sense when I have no clue where reason lies.

“I’ll get these down to legal, get the team on the next steps, and get back to you.” Adam is on his feet, pulling all the papers towards him from the center, and I send