Reinvention: Sequel to The Married Life

Chapter 66

{Demi's POV}

The next morning I wake up and look over and Cayleigh, who's next to me. It scared me at first because I'm sure that I fell asleep in an empty hotel room. I gave her a key to have while I'm here, and she must have gotten someone to drop her off last night.

She hasn't slept under me like this since she was a little girl. I lay there and watch her sleep sleep for a while. I reach over and grab my phone to check the time. I have to be at the airport soon.

I quietly get out of bed and go to the bathroom to do my daily routine. I come back out and grab the pills out of my purse and grab a bottle of water out of the mini fridge. I take the pills and throw the bottle back in my purse. I sit on the edge of the bed, with my head in my hands, doubled over with emotion.

"Mom..." I quickly wipe my eyes and look over my shoulder and smile.

"When'd you get here."

"I woke up around 2 something, and couldn't go back to sleep."

"How'd you get here?"

"A cab..."

"You took a cab? Sweetie you know that's not safe."

"Yeah, but I figured coming here would cure my temporary insomnia."

"And did it?" She nods and makes her way to the edge of the bed with a pillow in her hand. She puts the pillow on my lap and rests her head on it. I gently run my hand through her hair.

"It's gonna be okay, mom." My hand stops mid-stroke. "I saw the pill bottle."

I let out a sigh of what turns out to be relief. Relief because it's not something I have to keep bottled up with her.

"It will. I promise....I'm sorry." I bed over to give her a kiss on the head. "I'm so sorry."

After getting ourselves together, she goes to the bathroom and does her routine. I start getting dressed so that when she's done, I can drop her back off at her apartment before I get dropped off at the airport.

We leave within the next 30 minutes. She doesn't say much the way there. We arrive and I step out to give her a hug goodbye.

"I love you Cayleigh bug."

"I love you too...so much." I hug her so tightly, and I don't wanna let go and neither does she. "Please take care of yourself, mom. I don't want anything to happen to you."

"Hey...that's my line." We giggle. "But I will. Like you said, everything will be okay. I promise. You just stay focused on school and basketball."

"I will. Thanks for coming. It's so weird not having you at every single game now, so having you here was the highlight of my week."

"And seeing you was the highlight of mine...okay, I gotta go." She nods then gives me a kiss on the cheek.

"Bye."

"See you later kiddo." I wait till she's inside until I get back in the car.

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The entire plane ride back to California, I sit in my seat, staring out the window, contemplating how I'm gonna explain this to my kids. I wouldn't even know where to start. Before this, I would've begged the kids to live with me after I found somewhere in San Francisco, but now I'm paranoid to even live with them.

Now I think, what if I cut myself and blood some how gets somewhere or just any worse case scenario. I know I'm probably over thinking this, but I'm scared. Not just being around other people but I'm scared just about my life in general. The doctor said if I keep up with the meds, it'll be tamed, and I'll be okay.