It looks like the toughest of life's challenges are finally behind her, but now Scarlett has to deal with the aftermath. Her childhood trauma is still weighing her down, and she's beginning to feel like she'll never be free of it.
Relationships are...
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A smile tugs at Letty's lips as Eric rests his forehead against hers. "I love this." He says, his arm resting behind her on the booth that they're sitting in at Chubbie's.
"You really are adorable, you know that?" She leans forward and kisses him again, her fingers curled around the dark-colored sweater that he's wearing.
"I love that you're my girlfriend again, and I can do this whenever I want." He presses his lips firmly against hers as he wraps his arm around her shoulders.
"You won't hear me complaining." Letty says, her voice low, and he smiles as his free hand moves to rest on the side of her face.
"Whoa, cool it with the PDA." A familiar voice gets their attention, and they both look up.
"Jason." Eric stands up to greet him, but his friend holds his hand up.
"Not now, buddy. Sorry." He says as he shakes his head. "Hope and I are both sick. Scar, we need you to take the girls for a bit."
"By myself?" The brunette raises her eyebrows. "I-I've never had them on my own before."
"I know, and I'm sorry. But Hope's practically dying, and I'm not doing much better. Believe me, this wasn't what we had planned when we decided to come out for a visit either."
"Yeah, okay." She nods, knowing that it's not their fault and they could really use the extra help for a bit. "Where are they?"
"In the car with Hope, but she's passed out. There was just no way that I could get them both down the stairs all on my own." Jason tells her, and she nods.
"Alright. Come on." She gets up.
"Can we get them into Eric's car? I have got to get Hope to a motel or something."
"Take my keys, I'm gonna pay for our food." Eric hands his girlfriend the car keys, and then she and their friend head back up to the parking lot.
One at a time, Jason transfers the twins' car seats to the back of Eric's car while Letty holds the baby whose seat he's working on. Eric jogs over and he smiles at the baby in his girlfriend's arms. "And who's this adorable little girl?" He asks as she reaches toward him.
"This is Joyce." Letty tells him. "And Jason's buckling Faith into the car." She says, and he nods.
"Right, the story of how Hope was doped up on painkillers, and she named them Faith and Joy."
"We'll give her a hard time later." She motions toward the other car where her friend's passed out in the front seat.
