NOW
"How did your session go? Did she find all the gears that need polishing up in that
brain of yours?"
I shoot a glare at Eric as he laughs and pushes away from the porch column so he can
follow me down the steps of the therapist's office.
"You are so supportive," I roll my eyes at him.
"You know I'm just kidding. I think it's great you agreed to see the doc
after everything you went through the last few months."
"'Agreed' is probably a bit of an overstatement," I tell him, settling my
sunglasses into place and sweeping my blond hair up and off the back of
my neck.
I've only been outside twelve seconds, and the steamy heat of a Vir-
ginia summer is slicking sweat across my skin.
"Alright. I think that it's great Creagan forced you to see the doc after
everything you went through the last few months. Is that more accu-
rate?" he asks.
"Closer." "It's good for you, Em. I know you don't like talking about things, but
sometimes you have to let people help you."
" I know. Which is why I'm still going. I just wish she would stay
focused."
"What do you mean?"
We walk down the sidewalk toward the parking deck. The therapist's
office is close enough to the main office complex where we work that I
didn't bother to drive. Scheduling my appointments for right after work
means I can just walk over and then walk back to my car. It makes wedg-
ing the meetings into my calendar seem like less of an intrusion.
" Creagan sent me there because of what happened in Feathered Nest.
He thinks I need help getting through that experience and the trial," I
explain.
"Which you do. Anyone would," Eric nods.
"Then why does she keep trying to wander off into talking about my
parents? Or Greg? I mentioned them the first appointment with her be-
cause I was trying to explain what was going on up to me going
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