Our Relationship

After Erin settled in, the atmosphere at our home became heavy with an unspoken tension. Brad, usually very talkative and chatty, seemed to struggle with making conversation with Erin. I suspected that it was because he was used to it just being both of us in the house, and now that someone else was in the house with us, he was not used to it.

Awkward silences hung in the air, and I could sense that Erin was just as unsure as I was about how to navigate the situation. Throughout that day, the three of us skirted around each other in an awkward silent till the time that my cheeks were too full and I didn't know what to do with myself.

I decided to take Erin aside the next afternoon, hoping to clear the air. I wanted to know if she was just as uncomfortable as I was with the silence, and figure out maybe what we could do to fix things.

As we stepped into the garden right in front of the pack house, I turned to her with a warm smile, trying to make her less uncomfortable. Her body la