Reborn

Chapter 5

A few months after I moved in with Sean, he said the words I never thought I'd hear.

"We need to talk."

You can only imagine all the thoughts swimming around in that over active imagination of

mine. We went into the en-suite, yeah, the bathroom kinda became our sanctuary. This is

the place we went to for some alone time. If we needed to discuss anything, this is where

we would do it.

As I sat and waited for him to tell me what was on his mind, so much swam around my

head. Is he going to break up with me? Have I done something wrong? I love Sean but if

he kicks me out, where will I go???

After a few minutes, I breathed a sigh of relief though.

"We are broke babe," said Sean, staring at the floor.

"Oh Kay, but what exactly does that mean? Can you start from the beginning?"

"We don't have any money, I've been borrowing money for the last couple of months to

buy food. I don't even know how it got to this. I just can't seem to make ends meet".

"Why didn't you tell me this before? How bad is it?"

"I thought I could manage and that I could sort it out. Now, it's gotten to a point where I

don't think I'll ever be able to sort it out. I'm sorry."

"Okay, I need to let this sink in," I said as I lit a cigarette.

I closed my eyes and tried to take this bit of news in. This is our first hurdle together and I

guess we will have to work it out together.

I opened my eyes and looked at Sean, he stared back at me with tears in his eyes.

"I know that you are going through a lot right now and the last thing I wanted to do was

add more problems. But it got to a point where I have no choice. I wish I could take it all

back. I never meant to burden you with my problems, this all started before you even

became a part of my life, and now, you're the only person I can turn to."

My heart just broke. It's so hard seeing the person you love in so much of pain. I didn't

know what to do. I got up and walked towards Sean. I put my arms around him and just

held him close. He sobbed, holding onto me tightly. I just held him, tears forming in my eyes.

We stood there for about an hour, just holding each other and taking in the enormity of the situation.

"I'm truly sorry," said Sean. As he pulled away from me, wiping back his tears.

"It's okay, we will get through this together. It's going to be difficult but I'm sure that we can work it out".

"Thank you."

"Well, it's not going to be easy. But we will make it work. But we will have to do it my

way. As long as we have a place to live and food, we'll manage."

I sat back down and lit another cigarette. Closed my eyes and let my mind drift away. I