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first, because of my age, I assumed they couldn’t get involved, but as it turns out, because I’m still under her roof and dependent on her, it means they can.
    It’s because of them that we’re here now. The first step in my so-called rehabilitation is seeing a court appointed shrink three days a week. According to the CPS worker, since no other avenue has worked in the past, they were going to do whatever it took to force it.
    Dr. Thompson.
    The man that’s gonna fix me. Make me a productive member of society and most important; the guy that’s gonna make me stop destroying the people I go to school with.
    Good luck with that.
    “Can’t you just lie and tell her that you brought me?”
    “No Amelia, I can’t do that and even if I could, I wouldn’t. You may believe that what you’re doing isn’t a big deal, but it’s a very big deal and it ends now.”
    Fuck. I hate when she calls me that. I haven’t gone by Amelia since she threw my dad out two years ago. She knows this. We’ve talked about it. It’s a trigger for me and the last thing she wants is a repeat of the way she found me shortly after she kicked the asshole out.
    Trying to escape the pain, the horror I’ve been living with and being too stupid to do it in private. A mistake I’ve never made again.
    My dad; he’s a monster, but I’m the only one who knows it. Caroline Evans only knows the result of what I experienced with him, she doesn’t know what caused it and if I have my way, she never will.
    Shit.
    Thinking about this, it’s going to create a whole lot of crap I’m not prepared to handle right now. I’ve got to walk into that office and pretend I want to make a change. I need to keep my mind focused on that, not the horrors of the past and what they make me do.
    “I’ve been caught doing the same shit for the last two years, Mom. If it hasn’t changed with as many times as I’ve been caught, what makes you think this time is gonna be any different?”
    “I didn’t do anything before, that’s why this time is different. The time for me coddling you is over. There is something wrong with you and if sitting you down in front of a professional is what will change things, then that’s exactly what we’re going to do. For however long it takes. I mean it, Amelia. It ends now.”
    Feeling the urge to throw up rising, I open the door and after throwing off my seatbelt, bolt from the car as fast as my legs can go. That’s another thing I do that she doesn’t know and I’m not sticking around for her to find out.
    My secrets, they’re mine to keep and no one is gonna change it. I’ll take them to the grave.
     
    Eric
     
    Making my way out of Dr. Thompson’s office, heading straight for the reception area, the last thing I’m focused on is anything going on around me. I’ve done this same routine for years, so I’m a master at tuning out the people and conversations around me. The sooner I can make sure I’m scheduled for next week, the sooner I can get out of here and back to the safety that my house and room brings.
    As I round the bend, the one that will take me to Rose, the receptionist with the welcoming smile, I run full throttle into a body and hearing the squeal before seeing the person I hit, I immediately jump back.
    Damnit. Of course this is the one day where the routine changes and I can’t make a hasty getaway.
    “I’m sorry,” I say as I bend down to the girl that’s now bent over on the floor in front of me. “I should have watched where I was going.”
    Speaking in public, especially with strangers, it’s something I don’t do. Call it anxiety or whatever, but I don’t make a habit of doing it. If a grunt or shift of my head or hands can get the message across then that’s all I need. Now though, since I caused this, I can’t get by with my usual mechanisms.
    “Yeah, you should have. What the hell?” she says and my blood runs cold. I know that voice. 
    She pushes her blonde hair out of her face