-Stevie-
"She seems to be feeling better, no?" Karen is sitting in the recliner, feeding Lynley a bottle as I sit across from them on the couch, zipping my boots.
"The doctor said she should start feeling normal in about week... it's been eight days." I have hardly been able to sleep, eat or focus on anything other then Lynley's poor little ears.
All she's been doing is crying... nonstop. It's stressful, it really is and I don't remember either of my kids ever getting this sick, especially at this age.
"I hope you have a good time, Stevie." She knows I probably won't have a blast, but we both know I need to get out of this house for awhile.
It's been five weeks since Lydia passed away, and I've hardly been out of my home since. I've been so caught up in trying to care for Lynley, that I totally forgot to live a normal life, which I know is going to be hard anyway.
"Are you sure she's going to be okay?" I haven't been away from her for very long, and I'm not sure I'm really ready to leave her in the hands of someone else, even if it's just Karen. "I can stay home if you need me to, honey." I really want her to tell me that she can't do it and I should stay home, but I know I won't get that lucky.
"Go! Go have some fun, Stevie!" She rolls her eyes, while I let out a small sigh.
"Just remember that Lindsey might stop in after he-" I start speaking, but she quickly cuts me off.
"You already told me this. Goodbye!" She chuckles, shaking her head at how crazy I'm being.
"I'm already gone." I pick up my purse off the coffee table, letting off a frown when I look down at the baby.
I miss her already.
"Leave," Karen reminds me, which has me actually heading for the door.
I don't know why it's so hard to leave the baby in the hands of someone else. Maybe it's because that's the last piece of Lydia that I really have left and my world would end if something happened to her.... And I'm not even exaggerating.
Before I know it I'm pulling into Sharon's home, where Lori's car is already parked in the driveway. We haven't had a lot of time to catch up lately, because we've all been caught up in our own lives.
They're different these days, that's for sure.
I knock a couple of times on the door before Sharon pulls it open, a smile plastered to her face as she welcomes me into her home. Lori is standing in the foyer as well with a smile that mirrors Sharon's... maybe it's more of a sympathetic smile, rather than a welcoming one.
"Hey, beautiful." Sharon says as she pulls me in for a warm hug.
"Hi, babe." Lori pipes in, rubbing my back before I turn to hug her also.
"I've missed you, ladies." I have missed them, a lot actually, but I haven't had the time to notice until now.
A second later we find ourselves sitting around the kitchen table, sipping wine and talking about how chaotic our lives have been in the last couple of weeks.
Lori tells us all about the life of a semi- newly divorcee, while Sharon informs us of her new boyfriend, one she is absolutely in love with. And of course, I tell them about my new situation with Lindsey.
He's finally settled into his condo- one only ten minutes from my house, even though he finds himself in the guest bedroom nearly five nights out of the week.
Not only has he been a great help with Lynley, but he also did what he told me he was going to do, which was legally separate from Katrina. I don't know why I didn't believe him when he told me, maybe because he's never been good at going through with what he says... But anyway, I was shocked when he told me that he seriously wasn't happy in his short lived marriage.
