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I scrub my hand down my face It’s obvious I had the vibe I felt between us all wrong

"I’m not sure where you want me to start or what you want me to say," I answer honestly "I’ve never been in therapy before"

Frannie aze returns to in opening up to me in order for treatment to work The best way for that to happen is to start srew up"

I rub rew up in a small town here in Kentucky My parents are still married, but I don’t see them often, and I have a twin brother named Trip"

She nods "Trip is also in Black Falcon with you, correct?"

"Yeah"

"Have you tays been close?"

My mind wanders back to ere kids Every event I picture, I see Trip standing right next to me "Yes Since birth we’ve been inseparable"

Her pretty pink lips twist "Until now"

I pick at the leather cuff on"That’s not what this is all about"

Frannie pulls the black-fra a clear shot of the most beautiful blue eyes I’ve ever seen "I don’tI just want to get to know you--to understand what you’re feeling"

I stare down at the thick leather cuff again "Even I have a hard ti that sometimes"

"What do youme almost believe she actually cares

"Iit’s just, I’ve never been great at telling people what’s really on s has always been difficult for s and then crosses them in the opposite direction "But aren’t you the predowriter for your band?"