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"I’d say next weekend, but I have to work all day on Saturday A weekday would be better--and definitely less crowded--but you have to work"

"I can take a day of leave," he said "They wouldn’t say anything because I never take a day off We can go on Wednesday"

"So we’d be disrupting your regular schedule and working on crowds Two birds with one stone I like that" Once again his face clouded, so I continued on "I have to work in the roup therapy session ends at ten If you coet me early, you could sit in, if you want"

He looked like he was about to say no, so I scooted up to hi--put my arms around his neck Then I rose on my tiptoes and kissed hih "I’ll be there Just give me the address"

A little while later, he tookspent practically the entire weekend with him, it almost felt like I had a Williahtened at howforward to next Wednesday

Chapter 16

Williaee Support Center early When I give my name at the front desk and tell the me Ann, her friend who I already know froht now Things got a bit einally wanted you to sit in on the circle, it probably wouldn’t be best right now"

I have to ad sessions when I was a teenager and they did not go well

When I enter through the door, I’e room set up like a classroo the wall, as well as groupings of couches and comfortable chairs near bookcases loaded with novels and nonfiction titles In the back corner is a ring of seats with six people talking quietly

Nearby, just opposite the support circle, Jenna stands beside a young woirl--a teenager, I think--is dabbing her eyes with a tissue

Ann appears atsoht up in the session Jenna is talking her down It will be a little while"

I watch Jenna as she co her on the ars that I appreciate are things she shares with others, too And while that ht make me feel less special, it doesn’t

Jenna likes to help others She’s open-s from different perspectives Yet just last weekend, she told ht elicits a war in the center of my chest

As I watch her now, I can see that she likes to help people And it can’t be easy helping people here, in a refugee center, when she still has such awful h But she listens to others tell their stories and helps theh I know that it’s in her best interest, I’d like to think that she’d helpto me now "Can you help et the classrooat an art desk

I’ to formulate what to say What kind of help does he need? He appears to be drawing solances up at me and then looks away

"Hello I’m William Drake Do you need any assistance?"