𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒 - 𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍

𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒

𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗦
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂

𝙺𝙸𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁𝙻𝚈 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙳𝚈

I hadn't realised or even thought too deeply about the road to recovery because there was a point in my life where I didn't think I needed it, didn't want it or refused to accept it. However, I was regretting that big time now as I stood outside of my old home surrounded by my family who promised I would get better, that they would help me to become Kimberly again.

"Let me take your stuff, Kim." My brother David said as we all approached the front door, a few little bags of medication and clothes from the hospital laced within my fingers. I smiled at him weakly and held out my arm as his fingers wrapped themselves around the stuff I had been forced to bring with me.

I was home, but it wasn't my home..it was theirs. I couldn't call this place home because I never felt loved within its walls; I was never accepted by the people who owned it and to me, that's a house, not a home.

As I stepped into the bigger than necessary house, I was hit with the memory of the night Maureen found out about the ring I was no longer wearing due to the fact it was lost. Oops..

Anyway, my eyes scanned the walls and felt the immense grief and sadness of my memories of my three years here. Time had gone by so fast that I had forgotten we moved here this time three years ago which meant I had known my friends for the same amount of time and even been with Eddie for a year next week.

How time flew.

"Do you want anything to eat?." My mother asked as they all made themselves comfortable around the house whilst I stood by the kitchen island without a single expression planted on my face.

"Yeah." I mumbled with a nod, actually feeling quite hungry. "Do we have any cheese?." I asked and felt the hand of Eddie's on the small of my back as I spoke to the woman.

He was doubting her intentions.

"I should think so." Maureen responded with a nod and walked over to the fridge.

"How are you feeling?..all of this.." Eddie whispered to me in my ear. "It isn't going to be easy." He reassured me with the truth, something I was struggling to comes to terms with as of now.

"I know." I gulped and looked up at him. "Baby steps." I said with a small smile and leant my head onto his shoulder.

"Baby steps." He repeated my words as we watched my mother make me a cheese, ham and cucumber sandwich whilst she updated me on my little brothers.

Hearing about them was hard, because of her. She had forced them into my life without warning and I despised them. Of course, they were my family and i loved them with my entire heart, but despised that they ruined my life so quickly. I despised them because they were her children and she was worse now than that what she was when me and my older brothers were kids.

Maureen wasn't a raging alcoholic at the age of 16-22..she was now.

I hated this new life I had been given and I'd do anything to give it back and chose another, but destiny wasn't choosable and I knew that without my shit family, I would've never made my new and improved one.