It's Always Been Briar

Chapter 61.

River's P.O.V.

We are curving to start the third week of September. I am about to hop in the shower to head to the hospital on this nice sunny Sunday. Briar is still out and I'm starting to get concerned. It feels like she has been gone for so much longer.

Life was been moving forward. School is easy, football is great, friends and family are all doing well. I'm just waiting for the love of my life to wake up.

The trials are over. That's big news.

Reynolds was found guilty of all counts and the jury sentenced him to 15 years in state prison. Having that issue solved is a huge relief.

Lenyx was sentenced by the judge due to her insanity plea. When she was evaluated, they did find that she is moderately unstable. She was sentenced to 5 years in a state sanitarium. At which time, she will be assessed to see if she can be a functioning member of society with out-patient support.

They both can fuck off and I hope to never encounter them again in my life.

Hannah also gave birth a little over a week ago, September 7th. Hunter and Chase are ecstatic that little Jocelyn (Josie) Rose Brooks gets to come home, hopefully today! The doctors wanted to keep her to make sure she was completely healthy and gaining weight.

Hannah had to have an emergency cesarean because her water broke, due to stress, right as she got to 37 weeks. The cord was wrapped around Josie's neck or they would have tried to deliver her vaginally.

I decided not to pursue any legal action against Hannah. She was talking with Reynolds but not in a conspiratorial way. She even spoke against him at his trial, so I'm just wiping my hands of it. Hunter and Chase have to deal with her.

What else has been going on?

I started seeing a therapist 2x a week, Monday & Thursday. To help me with a multitude of things. Dealing with issues I have and working through the whole situation with Briar. I didn't realize how much it was affecting me until the stupidest thing caught my attention.

My dick is broken.

I haven't gotten hard or had an orgasm since the shower with Briar the morning of her accident.

About a week after, I noticed that I was a little wound up. When I went to beat off, I couldn't get hard, no matter how many naked pics of Briar I looked at. Or how many memories I replayed in my head.

I am working with a large piece of taffy in my pants but it doesn't matter. The only reason I thought it might be a problem is because even when Briar and I were separated, I still jerked off to her pics and memories at least once a day.

Feeling like I need sexual release and not being able to achieve it, I decided it was time to chat with someone. My therapist is pretty cool. His name is Dillon, 38 with a wife and 4 kids. SoCal boy like me and is extremely relatable. I really lucked out on my first therapist, I have heard some horror stories.

Dillon has been helping me with identifying why I actually started sleeping around. I originally thought it was because I wanted to see if I could get chicks but it turns out, I was trying to see if I could get Briar. I don't know where the logic of fucking around was supposed to attract the love of my life to me.

Stupid younger River!

I just messaged him to see if we could change our in-person session that I have scheduled for tomorrow to a phone session. I don't want to waste the time driving when I could be here, helping Hunter and Chase. It's amazing seeing them together.

I also have to meet with Mitch to grab all the keys to the properties he bought me. I have been putting it off but I need to just grab them. Court could grab them but I really like knowing that she is with Briar when I'm not. She is already an amazing asset to my family