Omniscient
June 2021
"Ms. Washington, we've been sitting here for ten minutes and you have yet to say a word to me. We have to start somewhere" Kennedi's therapist expressed.
Kennedi stared at the white woman blankly before eyeing the clock. She mentally rolled her eyes realizing her session wasn't over for another 30 minutes.
At least she was high.
"How about we introduce ourselves to each other, I'll start first" she suggested making Kennedi look back at her.
"Well for starters, my name is Amber and I am 28. I'm originally from Massachusetts, but I have been out here for a little over five years. I have two boys, Austin and Jacob" she said before pointing at a framed picture of her and her family on her wall.
"They are 6 and 4 and that right there is my high school sweetheart. Proposed to me right at our graduation" she continued before looking at the uninterested Kennedi.
"Do you want to want to introduce yourself" Amber asked as Kennedi sat back. She slowly shook her head no making Amber nod.
"We'll just skip over that" Amber said lowly before grabbing a clipboard.
"Well, there are a couple of questions I have to ask you to see where you're at mentally" she said as Kennedi adjusted herself in the seat.
"Have you abused drugs? If so, which ones" Amber read making Kennedi shake her head no.
"Words please, so I don't have to keep looking up and down. It'll make things go by way quicker" Amber said.
"No, I don't do any drugs" Kennedi answered.
"Eyes just naturally low, huh"Amber asked looking up. Kennedi didn't respond making Amber shake her head before checking the Yes box.
"Are you on any medication" she asked.
"No"
"You know I can just look it up" Amber asked making Kennedi shrug.
"Look it up then" she said nonchalantly making Amber huff lowly and move on to the next question.
"Any self-harm" she asked. The silence in the room gave Amber her answer. Before she checked anything for that question, she wanted to hear what Kennedi had to say.
"Your grandma, she's a nice lady" Amber started off making Kennedi shake her head.
"We talked last week while you were in the hospital. Would you mind telling me what you were there for" Amber asked.
"I can't remember" Kennedi shrugged as Amber took a sip of her drink.
"Your grandma said it was an overdose. She told me since she got custody of you in 2019, you overdosed three times and one of those was possibly a suicide attempt" Amber exposed.
"I've never tried to kill myself" Kennedi denied.
"But you do abuse drugs, right" Amber asked making Kennedi shake her head no.
"Maybe my eyes are just naturally low" she reminded making Amber sit back.
"This is going nowhere, so I'm going to use the restroom. Hopefully, when I get back we can have a real conversation" she said before standing up.
