#Chapter16

Coping

Mack

Paige and I talked about what happened at the diner. I have surmounting medical and other bills. I lost my funding for school and was left with more issues than a magazine.

Great. Not only were we sinking into insurmountable debt, but I couldn’t even take care of Paige. I felt like a failure and wasn’t myself.

As the mail came in, so did the bills. I never planned on giving Paige any of this. It was time to give her a break. She didn’t deserve to have to deal with debt while I was stuck.

She came home to find me packing. “What are you doing?”...