I was sitting on the plane, furiously texting Bailey. As relieving as it was to have some time away from the pups, it was yet another thing that brought me immense guilt. They were still so young, and despite Bailey and Wes assuring me only a million times that they would be fine, it still didn’t feel right.
It was finally time to head to Grimes Construction corporate office in Orlando and reveal to hundreds of people that I would be the one taking over the position that Alpha Xavier left behind.
My mind wandered as I picked at the skin around my nails. It was an awful habit that I despised, because before this, I had such beautiful nails. Now, I never paint them, and they’re always cracked or bleeding from my incessant picking.
“It’s going to be okay, Brielle. If there is any trou
