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"Two days!"

Just the thought of leaving and going back into the real world was terrifying

"That's what they're telling ed for a therapist to be at the house three times a week at minimum"

"Why are you doing all this?" I asked

"Why?" She sh "Why? Because it has to be done and there's no one else to do it, especially not your mother

"Oh I've kept her abreast of it all and Grant, of course" she added "He wants you to know he harbors no ill feelings toward you I assure you, he doesn't blame you one iota for what happened to Brody," she emphasized "Now that he has had time to consider the why's and wherefor's," she added

She crossed her long, thin legs and sat back with a look of Grand satisfaction rippling- across her thin face Her eyes were alht She's using me like a thorn to keep between Grant and my mother She's finally found a purpose for me in her overall

I thought about the advice Doctor Synder had given me It was essential not to becoards to Victoria,

"How do you know I even want to return to that house?" I asked

She tilted her head as though the thought weighed down her brain on one side and threw it off balance

"Where else would you go now?"

"I could go back to England" I said It was such a pipe drealy She stared for a moment

"And do what?" she asked

"Whatever I'll be doing here"

"Nonsense For one thing, you wouldn't have the support syste'sto benefit frorams