How to get him to fall in love | ✔

Chapter Thirty One

I don't know if I would have walked into Lila's office that Tuesday had I known that it would be the last time I'd set foot in her office

The text said she wanted to see me not that I'd be handed over like a parcel to another therapist. The therapist is a man; I wasn't expecting that I was expecting another woman. He looks about middle aged with dark black hair, and dark eyebrows to match; he looks more like an attorney than a shrink as he is dressed in a suit. The contrast between Lila and him is striking, him in a button down shirt and suit, and Lila in one of her infamous printed skirts, today its matched with a fringed to, that makes her look like a typical hippie living out a caravan

Maybe it's my fault that I didn't know it would happen today, as I had been ignoring both mom and dad's phone calls, maybe they had tried to tell me but because of my pride I didn't want to answer the phone

I'm not mad at them, how could I still be mad at them, but I don't want them to think I'm okay with them because then I wouldn't have a reason to be mad anymore, which I am.

With mom and dad I would say I'm more disappointed than anything else because I didn't expect it from them, whereas my biological mother I had the little to no expectation regarding what she wouldn't do.

''This is Dr Greene'' Lila introduces me to the man, sitting in the arm chair next to hers, which normally Lila has her purse on

''Hello Amber'' he greets, smiling at me like he knows me already, I don't smile back at him

I nod my head at him; I already do not like him, just because he isn't Lila

''He will be your new therapist, Dr Greene is a very good friend of mine and is one of the best shrinks I know, I promise you are in excellent hands''

Honestly, I do not care about Dr Greene

I look to her, and then look to him

''okay'' I say, feigning insouciance, looking everywhere but at them. One might think I had a new appreciation for the art lining Lila's walls due to how long I stared at it

Lila sighs, she looks to Dr Greene ''Give us a minute'' I hear her say under her breath, he nods offers me a small smile before leaving the room closing the door softly behind him

''Why did you bring him here?'' I ask the moment I hear the click of her door

''I thought it would be easier for you, and that you might feel more safe if he came here''

I'm silent again, I'm angry at Lila also because how could she just throw me away like I never meant anything to her

''Dr Greene is a good therapist''

'''I'm sure he is,'' I answer bored

''I know this is difficult, and change isn't always pleasant, but Dr Greene is only here to help'' she says

''Whatever'' I respond dismissively

Lila lets out a sigh, which causes me to look up.

For the time that I have known Lila she has never been one to show personal emotions, unless it concerned me, I guess that is just her job

''I'm going to miss you'' she says, I meet her eyes when she says this.

Is this the last time I'm going to see her?

I fight back the urge to cry, she feels like a pillar of my life because of how long she has been in it. Lila comes around and holds her arms out to me welcoming me to an embrace

I let her stand like that for a second before getting up to hug her, and then I'm holding on tightly tears are falling now, she rubs my back, like a mother would