”This is me saving myself”

I got a good spanking of words from Erin, just enough to keep me sane. She’s right, though. I’ve kept it to myself long enough. My feelings have changed since my mother died and I became estranged from my father.

"I want to be honest with you, Ms. Collins. It will take years to stand this fight."

"Y-years?" I uttered under my breath.

The lawyer nodded at me. We met to talk about the other two lawyers that will handle my father’s case."

I gulped and tried to shrug off the unending thoughts inside my head.

"Is it that serious? Couldn’t we just p-pay the money or what? W-why- I-I don’t-"

"Calm down, Ms. Collins." Mr. Admir tried to assure me with his eyes.

"I wish it is that easy. But your father’s case has already been passed on to the court. We need to undergo a step-by-step process before we can defend this case. We need to gather evidence, we need to make strategies. Yes. It’s this serious, Ms. Collins. "

Hearing that from him made it even harder for me to think. Years? We’ll waste