WantNovelChapter 538
After Shawn and Amanda left, Melvin warned, "Sasa, Sydney won't let this go. Be careful."
"I will. Heading to the office?"
"Yep. See you at home." Then he left too.
Alone at last, Mia threw herself into Sarah's arms. "I've missed you so much! I've been trying to see you, but my
grandfather wouldn't letout. | finally found a way!"
"Did you sneak out?" Sarah asked, getting scoconut pudding from the fridge. "Not this time!" Mia said
proudly. "I made a deal with my new therapist."
"A deal?"
Mia nodded. "My grandfather and brother keep finding therapists, but I couldn't work with any of them. This
one's different - | agreed to treatment if he'd bringhere."
Sarah looked at her with concern. "Still having nightmares?"
"Yes. Without you, I'm always panicking. Even at home, my heart races. | just want to lock myself in my room,
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtavoid everyone. But with you, | feel safe. | can talk again." Mia took a bite of pudding.
Sarah had always known Mia depended on her - it seemed essential to her recovery. But now she worried this
dependency might not be healthy.
Could it becits own problem after the trauma healed?
"Are you happy, Mia?"
"Of course!"
"Really?"
Mia put down her pudding, her voice dropping. "Not really. Every night | have to lock my windows and doors.
When the nightmares come, | just want to cry. | can't stop hurting myself."
Sarah's eyes went cold as she pulled up Mia's sleeve. Both arms were covered in scratches - sscabbed over,
others still raw and red.
Her heart sank. These wounds hadn't even been treated.
Sarah silently got the first aid kit and began treating Mia's wounds, not saying a word.
Mia felt her anger. "I'm sorry. | can't control it."
Sarah's hand trembled, making her movements even gentler. "The therapists aren't helping?"
Mia shook her head. "I'm scared of them."
She'd been deliberately resistant with them while hiding her true fear.
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covered in marks that might scar.
"They don't know. | don't want to worry them."
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She remembered Mia hadn't done this before. Why was she self-harming now?
Mia thought for a moment. "I think... three days after leaving your house."
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