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I gave her a weak smile

“Was that a joke?” she asked me, her brows furrowed

I cleared my throat

“Yeah, or, um, my lame attempt at one, anyway Sorry”

“No, no, it’s healthy Hunize that, it can help get to the botto you”

I never really thought about it that way It wasn’t a physical sort of hurt But there was definitely so too much about all that had happened

“Tell me about your sister,” Dr Benoit prompted

Oh boy, that was a big one I couldn’t really dive into that whole eot Raquel as a sister because my daddy died

I ht have still had a full-blooded sister if that hadn’t happened My h to have had another child, but it wouldn’t have been Raquel, and everything that was going on with her was tied in part to that

Especially because she had lost her e I felt responsible for her and tried to do one and done this

“We used to be close,” I said,

I wasn’t really sure of that anyh I always tried to be kind and helpful, but Raquel was always pretty quiet Then she hit puberty, and the hor to her because there were times when she could be more than a she-devil, both to my mom and me

I guess as she got older, sheso soon after her htto steal her dad away

I started to feel really foolish for thinking we had ever been close I was ready to leave it all behind

“But that’s boring,” I said “I’ about the past”

She nodded like she wasn’t convinced

“Have you been trying to keep busy?”

“As much as I can,” I said