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“I want us to explore our options,” he says

“Okay,” I agree “And then we’ll talk about it, together, right?”

He givesto buy us a place and not ask you first It’s ours not htly and juo”

“Oh, right”

After he brought up the relator I totally forgot that Cade had called for me

When I get downstairs I find thatin the Jeep

I pet Prue on her head and she licksbefore I dart out the door

Myin the front with Cade

None of us speak on the way and the silence is deafening In fact, I’m convinced that silence is the loudest sound in the world An oxymoron, perhaps, but true

Cade pulls into the lot of the building and I stare at the white stone building It’s clean, modern, almost clinical When you walk inside it feels like you’re about to be operated on, andaround in your head and pulling out the i the what the hidden parts of your mind mean

Cade turns off the Jeep, lays his palms on his knees, and breathes out heavily

None of us move

None of us are ready

But in order to heal, you have tothe pain beat you

I put my hand on the door handle and push it open “Co them out of the car