Chapter 23

Cody

Man, it was such a pull to have to leave Immi at the restaurant, but I am beat with a capital B. I’ve not had any real sleep for over a month and with not sleeping at all in the last forty-eight hours and playing an intense game, I feel like I am about to collapse in a heap.

It feels good to be home, I love this house and it’s going to be a shit to have to leave it next month when I go to Dallas. Atlas and I who are being drafted to Dallas together are talking about leasing something like a ranch outside of the chaos where we can have our own piece of tranquillity. I like the idea of riding again; I have the land here around my house by the lake but I’ve not invested in any animals purely because I am away so much and don’t think it’d be fair. Animals become attached to their owners just like we do to them. Maybe in five years when I decide to retire then I’ll have a couple of horses. One for me and one for Immi.

I’m allowing myself to run away in my mind again but in all honestl