Chapter 37

Vera

Dr. Kepler was the one who first taught me about how trauma doesn't make noise; it only whispers when it believes you are finally free.

Sitting in a chair opposite her in a calming blue room with my hands in my lap, my posture perfect.

"You saw him again," she said in a soft voice.

That wasn't really a question.

I nodded.

"What happened when you saw him again?"

I looked at the fern next to th