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I sucked in a shaky breath and my voice cracked when I spoke "Yes"

"Perfect That’s all I need to hear," he said, his bespectacled stare holding ht bravely this entire tiood news is that you haven’t lost the war And you’ll no longer have to fight this war alone"

Chapter 23

Andrea

As expected, things sucked at first

With no phone, no internet, and limited access to TV, it was an immediate shock to le bed and dresser was a huge change, but these things weren’t the biggest differences inDear sweet Lord, there were a lot of tears I cried when my parents left I cried when I had to take the inpatient survey and got to the question: have you had thoughts of self-harm? I cried when I was shown rounds I cried ht, and that took hours, because the sleeping pills had been taken fro there, and I realized my life had spun completely out of control

I was in treatment

And I wasn’t supposed to be there I was supposed to be a doctor No Scratch that I was supposed to be a teacher I was supposed to be a daughter and a sister, a friend and irlfriend, and noas none of these things

A nurse served breakfast in my room after she took my blood pressure and temperature The utensils were plastic Plastic As was the plate What did they expect s and a piece of bacon, but it tasted like sawdust to me

Dave showed up about half an hour later "Walk with me"

I didn’t really have a choice, so I pulled myself off the bed and followed hiuessed led to rooer than aze met mine She disappeared into one of the rooms, and all I could think was how thin she was--so thin that she appeared ill

"How are you feeling this ged a shoulder "Okay I guess"

"Okay? Today is your first day in treat to be here for at least thirty days," he said, shooting me a look of disbelief "And you’re okay?"

I shuddered Well, when he put it that way… "I’m a little freaked"