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going to tell Brody?”
    “I don’t know, but I know I need to soon.”
    All I can do is kiss him right now in this moment. Turner is everything I could ever want in a man. I mean he is sexy as sin, good with my son, and so understanding of my situation.
    “Darby, I want to be with you, but I don’t know if I can do this, not knowing where you stand with Brody. I want you to take a few days to think. If you are sure you don’t want to try to work things out with Aiden’s dad, then I’ll be here. But if you decide you want a family with him Darby, I will walk away for good.”
    What just happened? I thought we were taking two steps forward only to take three steps back.

Chapter Nine
    I am getting really nervous about telling Brody. I have played the words over and over again in my head. But no matter how I say it, it never sounds right. His reaction is what scares me the most. I mean he could be really happy or really pissed. If it were me I would be royally pissed off. How do you take everything that someone thought they knew about you, and say sorry it has all been a lie, but my intentions were true? Up or down I don’t know which way is right anymore. I am still confused by my feelings for him. My talk with Turner has me reevaluating my feelings on everything in my life.
    I am trying so hard to figure it all out. No one has ever made me physically feel the way Turner has, but when I look back on my relationship with Brody, we shared such an amazing emotional connection. But now that more than three years have passed will it be strong, can it survive time and all the lies. This weekend there is a huge fashion show taking place. The managers are calling a staff meeting, which means I have to be there and I have to see Turner there as well.
    I get to the meeting and Turner won’t even look at me. “This weekend is going to be one of our biggest yet. We are going to need everyone to work this weekend, even if you are scheduled to be off, we are going to need you. So everyone head home and do whatever it that you do and be back here by seven.”
    Then it happens, Turner looks at me and my heart jumps into my throat. I want to jump over the chairs and the people seated in front of me and tell him I don’t care. I want him to take me in his arms and tell me none of it matters. That we will work through it all together. I want him to want me. It’s now that I realize that I am no longer in love with Brody. I have been in love with the idea of what could have been. Turner breaks our brief gaze and exits the room. I rush home to get ready for the weekend ahead of me.
    I have to take Marla to an appointment with her Oncologist. They want her to start chemo again and she is refusing. I am so frustrated by her. I hear a loud thump, and assume it is Aiden playing roughly with his toy’s as I walk past his room.
    “Marla are you about ready, we have to get going if we are going to beat the midday rush.”
    I make my way to her room to see if she needs my assistance getting dressed.
    “Fuck!” I let out in a cry. Aiden comes running to see what has me so upset. Marla is lying in her floor motionless. Aiden’s presence snaps me from my shock. I dial 911 and start checking her for a pulse, she has one but it is faint.
    “911, what’s your emergency?”
    I relay the information to the operator the best I can. I am trying to hold back my sobs. I don’t want to frighten Aiden. I know he isn’t old enough to fully understand what is going on, but I don’t want him terrified from this later on in his life. He is already going to have enough to deal with, no thanks me and my bad decision making habits.
    “Aiden, baby, mommy needs to you to be a big boy and go to your room. Can you do that for mommy?”
    He nods his head and does as I ask. He is so smart for his age. He was walking at nine months old.
    I am so scared I can’t lose her, not yet. “Don’t leave me mom, please, please hold on for me, for Aiden!” I brush her