HERE'S A QUICK RECAP OF SOME THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS BOOK;
DR.RICHARDSON : THERAPIST
DAMIEN : THE MAN THEY MET AT THE PARTY IN ITALY / THEY HAVE THE SUSPICION HE'S THE LEADER OF THE PHANTOMS & CODY'S BROTHER/SAMUEL'S SON
MATTEO : BUSINESSMAN IN VENICE-OFFERED THE KINGS PROTECTION
AMY : HARRY'S MOM WHO IS IN LOVE WITH XAVIER
XAVIER : HARRY'S UNCLE WHO ABUSED HIM FROM AGES 13-18
ANGIE : HARRY'S AUNT
TEDDY: FAMILY DOG THAT THEY FOUND IN THE FOREST AROUND THE CABIN
DOLL MASK PEOPLE : HARRY AND LYDIA BELIEVE THEYRE BEING STALKED BY THEM
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Lydia Styles
"I promise we'll be waiting right here, alright?" Harry tells me, Daisy in his arms with a stuffed animal in her hands.
We're at Dr. Richardson's office. It's a weird feeling being here knowing it's for me and not for Harry.
It's also weird, because this parking lot is the same one that Damien chased me down in over a week ago.
Overall, I'm just not comfortable right now but I know that's normal.
Harry gives me a tiny peck on the lips before I'm led into Dr. Richardson's personal office, leaving Harry and Daisy in the waiting room.
"Nice to see you, Lydia." Richardson gives my hand a polite shake as he gestures to the seat with his other hand. I smile and sit down, placing my hands in my lap.
Harry has given me some advice on how to handle this session.
Be honest. There's no shame. He's here to help.
"Thank you for agreeing to talk to me." I say.
"Anything for my two favorite patients." he smiles. "So what seems to be the problem?" he asks as he pulls a clipboard off of his desk, a red ink pen in his hand.
I clear my throat, sitting up straight.
For some reason it felt like I was being interviewed for a job.
"Well, I-I don't know...I just haven't felt like myself at all."
He nods, writing that down.
"Can you think of any reasons why?"
I hesitate, knowing the answer but feeling weird about telling him.
He notices my hesitation, looking up under his glasses at me. "Lydia, you know that I know about...that stuff, right?"
I nod.
"Yeah, yeah...I'm sorry...I'm just not used to this." I tell him as I tuck my hair behind my ear.
"No one is at first. That's okay...we will work through it." he tells me reassuringly.
He seemed nice enough, and it appeared that he really did care about his job and his patients.
Even Harry tolerates him, which means he must be doing something right.
"So you're feeling a little off...do you think anything might've triggered that?" he asks me again, tapping his pen against the paper on the clipboard.
I don't know how else to say this...
"I—" I scratch the back of my neck as I try to formulate a way to get these tough words out. "I experienced a lot of violence about a week ago...and I think it's really shaken me up."
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Fanfiction[COMPLETED] "The only thing I've ever been scared of, Lydia, is losing you." - Lydia and Harry have finally began that 'next chapter' that they've been longing for, working on the realities of parenthood and dealing with loss day by day. But it ma...
