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My mouth opened, but I didn’t have any words, because this shouldn’t be a surprise to h it felt like my chest had just been stomped on by a combat boot, I was the one who’d pushed Sebastian out and away
No wonder he’d asked o with Skylar and not worry about ether
“That’s nice,” Irapidly
“Seriously? That’s all you have to say?”
I nodded nuood for hiht then
It was all I could do
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
“How did it feel going back to work this weekend?” Dr Perry asked Monday
It was the last week of October Ho dance Normally I wouldn’t have started at Joanna’s untilvolleyball, I’d decided that at least I could go start ain
“It was okay” My ar back Felicia, one of the other waitresses, had made a cake for me It was nice”
“Chocolate cake, I hope,” he said, and s Only a silver thermos “Did you do what I asked you to over the weekend?”
Pressing ether, I shook my head
Infinite patience filled his expression I didn’t understand how he did it “How have things been with your friends?”
He’d asked the question every Monday, because every Friday one of nments” was to open up to my friends, and every weekend I couldn’t work up the nerve
I loosened rip on my knees “Dary is the same She just wants everyone to be normal, you know? She just wants us all to be friends It’s not like she wants to forget about Megan or any of the guys, but II don’t think she wants to think about it any it back up”
“Talking about what you’re dealing with isn’t dragging it up,” he said, and I wasn’t sure I agreed “And Abbi?”
“She hasn’t said anything aboutdrunk since the first time, but she barely talks to me” Sadness poured in like a torrential downpour, because Ione friend back, and I had no idea how to fix things with the other “I don’t know if I told you this, but II brought up how she caht he’d already been drinking” I shifted, uncomfortable “She said it wasn’t the same because no one died when she was in the car”
“Well, it’s often hard for people to ad choices when they did not receive any consequences for them It is even e that they are not perfect, that at times in their life they have also been that person That they, too, have made decisions that could’ve ended disastrously”
Dr Perry crossed one leg over the other “Some people are simply lucky Some are not But some learn, even when they didn’t suffer They see situations like yours, and it serves as a painful wake-up call that they could’ve been where you are, which creates a lot of internal conflict That’s hard to recognize It’s always easier to point out the flaws in others while ignoring your own” He lightly drummed the end of his pen on the table “Then you have those who never learn a lesson in their life, but they will be the first to cast judgment”
I nibbled on h I could’ve walked away I could’ve tried to get the keys froone back to the party and found Keith or Sebastian or—”
“Yes, you could’ve done that You could’ve not caved to the pressure fro to ride with hian to stay behind You ht not have, and that accident still would’ve happened You nored you and still gotten behind that wheel” He paused, sighing heavily “Cody had quite a bit of weight on you You can’t know you would’ve been able to get those keys, or if he would’ve hung around while you went and found someone else”
“But I could’ve tried,” I whispered, dropping my feet onto the floor