Chapter 8

"You're seeing him again? When?"

Kate has become more invested in my sex life than I had anticipated. Who else was I supposed to tell about the unexpected, mind blowing sex I was having with an absolute stranger? I feel like most women will turn to their sisters at a time like this. But I am and always will be an only child, so Kate became the sister I always wanted but never had. For twenty years she and I have been glued to the hip. It had all started with a simple promise to each other at age five, on the last day of kindergarten, that we would be sisters since we did not have our own.

And so it began, the legacy of Kris and Kate. Through fights on the playground in elementary school, to awkward middle school dances. Through high school, with first kisses and break-ups, to college and the day I had asked her to be my maid of honor. When Alex left me broken and abused, Kate was there to pick up the pieces, she was there to put me back together. And she sure as hell did her best at