When Bunnie grew suspicious that Jelly was cheating, their fights became constant. Eventually, proof of his infidelity came to light and Bunnie left. Jelly contacted her soon afterward and they attempted to reconcile, but Jelly continued the affair even while assuring Bunnie that it was over. Bunnie chose to stay, but it took years to repair the broken trust.

As Bunnie and Jelly’s fights continued, she decided to try counseling. She opened up to her therapist, slowly working through her issues with Jelly and her past. Bunnie learned to cry, internalized that her feelings were valid, and found the strength to stop running from her trauma. Soon afterward, Jelly’s beloved father was diagnosed with leukemia. Bunnie and Jelly took care of him until his death, which changed Jelly forever.

As a child, Bunnie had been inspired by radio performers like Delilah and Howard Stern. She pretended to be a DJ and recorded her own shows. Now, she was tired of the sex industry and wanted to be valued for something else. Jelly encouraged her to create a brand, so Bunnie started a podcast studio with money from her sex work on the site OnlyFans. She stopped sex work all together in 2022, when her podcast Dumb Blonde reached a point of sustainability. Now she is known for what she says, rather than how she looks.

Bunnie finally quit alcohol when her drink was apparently drugged one night, making her violently ill. Around the same time, she developed problems with her breast implants and had them removed.

After Jelly’s friend Chizzle died, Bunnie touched his body at the funeral; for weeks afterward, she was overwhelmed by sadness, which even led to suicidal ideation. At that point, Bunnie called Vanessa, who talked her through it.

Bunnie still has mental health challenges such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but feels she is now on a lifelong path of healing rather than destruction.

Bunnie’s mother spent her life with a variety of illnesses. At the end of her life, Vanessa’s lungs were giving out and she had constant pneumonia. Bunnie invited Vanessa to move near her and paid for her care, but every time she visited, she found Vanessa less eager to live. Vanessa eventually refused medical intervention, no matter how much Bunnie tried to push her. When Vanessa died, Bunnie had no choice but to forgive her mother for giving up and to love her for being the only mother she ever had.

As Jelly’s career took off, he and Bunnie continued mending their relationship.

In 2022, Bunnie heard from Bill, who’d had cancer for a long time. At the end of his life, he married a woman named Hagatha whom he had taken in from an unhoused situation. She was volatile and abusive even as Bill’s health declined and he was in a wheelchair. Bunnie defended her father and extracted him from the situation, but despite moving to be near Bunnie briefly, Bill returned to Hagatha in Texas without warning. Bunnie felt that her father was again choosing an abusive woman over her.

Bunnie never had the chance to make amends with her father before he died. She had almost no notice of his decline; by the time she’d booked a flight, he was gone. After Bill’s death, Bunnie discovered that he had cut her out of his will, presumably due to her wealth. When Bunnie experienced Bill’s lingering presence, a psychic told her she needed to forgive him so he could move on. Bunnie has yet to do so.

Still, she no longer feels angry. All she wants is to be a better parent for Bailee and her future children with Jelly (the two are pursuing IVF). The couple recently bought a farm.

Bunnie ends with a message of encouragement and perseverance, reminding readers never to give up.