India In The Hustle

Chapter 25

INDIA

   "Ms. Westbrooks you can in now." The receptionist said as I got up from my seat. Today was my appointment with my therapist. Nervous wasn't the word to express how I feel. I'm not opened to person and never have I've been the person to talk to someone about my feelings. I'd either shut down or pushed them anyway. Walking inside the office as I saw someone sitting behind the desk with the chair away from me.

   "Excuse me." I said grabbing their attention as the chair turned around to me.

   "Ms. Westbrooks I see you're here on time. Glad to finally meet you." He said as I smiled lightly. I thought my therapist was going to be a woman not a man.

   "Glad to be here." I said sitting down on the couch as he picked up a notepad and a timer.

   "You can call me Jake and today were just going to start off getting to know you." He said giving me a smile as I took a deep breath.

   "Okay that's fine." I said sitting my purse besides me. I was really started to rethink this thing.

   "So India tell me about yourself." He said crossing his legs as I looked at the clock on the wall.

   "Okay my name is India Westbrooks. I'm a model and a business owner. I have 4 siblings and I have..." I was about to finish but he cut me off.

   "You were starting good but you failed India. Tell me about yourself what defines you." He said writing something down on his notepad.

   "My name is India and what defines me is pain and hurt." I said looking as he nodded his head.

   "Where does this pain and hurt come from?" He asked me as I rubbed my hands on my legs.

   "From my past relationship." I said taking a deep breath looking at him as he continued to write something on his notepad.

   "What happened in your past relationship that caused you this pain and hurt." He said as I pulled some hair behind my ear.

   "Domestic violence and failed pregnancies." I confessed as he looked at me for a minute then wrote something down.

   "What was the number of domestic relationships were you in?" He asked me as I took another deep breath.

   "Three." I answered back as he put his notepad down giving me his full attention.

   "India can I ask you a deep question?" He asked me as I nodded my head looking at him.

   "Have you had any suicide thoughts? If so how many." He asked me as I closed my eyes.

   "Yes I have. Twice." I said as he nodded his head picking his notepad back up. Getting up from his seat as he walked over to his desk picking a pink folder up with my name on it.

   "Your first session is complete India. What I want you to do is inside this folder is blank pages. Every day I want you to write something that's happening in your life confidently I won't see it unless you show me." He said handling me the folder as I nodded my head.

   "The next session I want you to bring back a list of pros and cons in your life make a list." He said giving me a smile.

   "Okay thank you." I said picking up my things and walking out the office nit before scheduling my next appointment.

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   "Hey Taylor is my father here." I asked walking inside our family business. Taylor is my father assistant. She was a nice girl.