For the millionth time, I find myself wondering if Ryōta has brain damage and if he’ll ever realize his actions are hurting his daughter he claims to love so much. It’s been two days since he hit Elijah right in front of her. He keeps trying to see her, but hospital security keeps stopping him.
The hospital has taken the stance that until the legal issues have been resolved and he has proven he will not cause further alterations on their property, he cannot be there, which is fine by me. I can’t stand that man. I’m trying. I truly am. For Riko’s sake, I’m trying not to hate him. But he makes it so damn difficult.
Riko’s at least doing better now that people can visit her. We, of course, have gone to see her each day and plan to continue visiting her daily. Her grandparents have spent most of the last two days with her, though they leave to give her priv
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This last week in the hospital was better. It would not take much to be better than my first week where I was in forced isolation. This week I had visitors every day. Mostly my grandparents and the boys. But Cassidy and some girls from school would come to visit.And then there was the fact my room suddenly felt like I was in a flower shop. I stopped counting how many bouquets I received. I got flowers, cards, and balloons from the baseball, basketball, and football teams. I didn’t expect that. I actually expected some of the basketball players to be angry because Forrest wasn’t able to play.Forrest, however, assured me that anyone upset that he couldn’t play wasn’t upset with me because it wasn’t my fault. He, of course, did add that if anyone ever implied or outright tried to blame me, he would happily beat them with
Unpacking her things from the hospital was quick enough. I made sure to open one of the curtains to let more light in for her flowers. I’m glad she chose to move in with our family. The option her grandparents offered of renting her an apartment would have its upside too, like more privacy. But then we wouldn’t get to see her all the time. And I’m looking forward to that. With her things put away, I took the liberty of carrying her down the stairs to the car. “You boys do realize I can walk and need to get used to using my crutches. It’s not like you are going to carry me up and down the stairs every day.” she sighed. “You know, for someone complaining, you are snuggling close to my chest.” I teased. She huffed, burying her face into my chest. “It's comfy here.” she muttered. I laughed as I carried her to the car and settled her into the back with Forre
Elijah and I had been in my bedroom with the door closed. My body was still tingling even with the metaphoric bucket of ice water Misses Frost dumped on us by coming home. I haven’t even officially moved in, and I had already broken one of Mister Frost’s rules. Now I know why he wanted that rule. He obviously knows that his sons are horny teenage boys. And he must have guessed how weak I am when it comes to them. Not that I regret what happened. Since the accident, I’ve been so down on myself, having Elijah tell me I’m beautiful and then having him show it. Well, it helped my confidence a little. I’d been so embarrassed when he stripped me bare and just stared at me. I’d wanted to hide from his gaze, but he wouldn’t let me. I shuddered a little as he set me down on the foyer floor, having insisted on carrying me downstairs at the memory of the heated look in
I had grumbled the entire time we were at dad’s office. He had some big case coming up and had Darius and me sorting through depositions. It was tedious as fuck. All I wanted was to be at home with Riko. Fuck I love saying that. Home with Riko. It is about the most right sentence ever. I wanted to be the one to stay home and help her unpack. I wanted to be there, helping her settle in. And I know I’m not the only one. Darius doesn’t want to be at work either. It seemed like forever when dad finally told us we could pack up for the day. “I swear if I have to look at one more piece of paper on this stupid case, I’m going to scream.” I grumbled as I followed Darius to our SUV. Dad had already headed to this car so that he couldn’t hear me grumbling. “And just think dad wants this to be our lives.” Darius
Maybe I should have taken my grandparents up on their offer of an apartment. The boys were making living in the same house difficult, and it was only day one. However, it was nice to sit down and eat a meal with all of them, even with their parents. I have to try harder, not so easily cave to these feelings they stir. I told Mister Frost I would abide by his rules while renting this room.Today was not a day I was looking forward to. Today I will be going back to school. I’d taken a shower last night and had my uniform set out for this morning. I was thankful that the uniform for girls was a skirt, so I didn’t have to worry about ruining a pair of slacks to accommodate my cast.But now, as I sat at my desk, dressed for school, I looked between the two wigs Misses Frost had insisted on getting me while I waited for my hair to grow back. On the
It’s been a month since Riko moved into the house and started working at mom’s construction company. I had zero doubt that she’d manage to excel in the office environment. None of us did because our girl is amazing like that. None of us expected to see the spark in her eyes during a meeting with Jackson from HKS Architects discussing design plans for a new hotel.It appears our girl has a knack for design. Mom and Jackson were impressed with some of Riko's suggestions for the design, even if she was timid in making them. But I can't fault her for that. She hadn’t been working at the company long and to speak up during a meeting with her boss and the lead designer? Anyone would be intimidated. But she did, and her suggestions got added to the design.On the days that I get to work at the office with her after school, I don’t even ge
Waking up, I still feel a little disoriented as I don’t immediately recognize my ceiling. Has it really been over a month since I moved in with the Frost family? It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. Yet also doesn’t feel like it’s been that short. Does that even make sense? Time feels like an illusion.At times I feel so comfortable and at home among them that it feels like I’ve been here forever. But then, when I look at the calendar or think of the future where I may be separated from the boys, I feel it’s not been long enough. I want more time. I need more time with them.And after meeting their extended family at the wedding, I don’t think I want a future without this family. Especially their girl cousins. I loved getting to meet them, and Reese has become one of my close female friends in a short a
Surprising Riko with a visit from her grandparents was the perfect start of the day. We let her relax and enjoy quality time with her grandparents while we set things for our date. Elijah had already packed a picnic basket of items that were in thermal carriers to keep warm. A container of mini meat pies is kept warm, and a container of the mini s'more's cheesecakes is kept cold. And then three thermoses, one with butternut squash soup, another with hot apple cider, and the last with hot chocolate. It didn’t need to be super fancy for our girl to love it. As the sun began to set, we packed the basket and some warm blankets into the car before going into the living room. “So we are going to kidnap our girlfriend now.” I announced, scooping her up from the sofa where she’d been sitting with Yūri. “Darius!” she exclaimed, trying to keep her dress in place.