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48 - Overwhelmed
“Baby what’s wrong,” I said, holding her face.
“This is just … a lot. It’s a lot. I am just … I have so many questions. I don’t like signing things I haven’t read. I know I sound like an idiot and I should just do it, but I...”
“Do you want me to ask to read it, Rob drafted it with them, knowing my wishes,” I said.
She looked lost and confused.
I held her, and stroked her hair.
“Your grandfather will know it was me now though, and I’m stupid, I’m just being stupid,” she said.
“I know this is a lot, more than you could have ever imagined, but this is our life now. You have to be okay with it though, I need you to be okay with it all.”
“I don’t like putting my fate completely in someone else’s hands, I’ve always known to the dollar what was
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