Today I had another session with Alice. Unlike those other times, this time I was eager so I arrived before my scheduled appointment time.
These past few days have been a rollercoaster of emotions. I felt like I’ve been through a grinder. Like my heart and soul have been shredded.
I needed to talk to someone. To let go of all that I have been holding inside otherwise I was going to blow up on someone.
“Mayra? Alice is waiting for you” the receptionist says.
I see amusement flash in her eyes when I stand up in a rush. I usually drag my feet and head to Alice’s office with reluctance. Today that won’t be the case. I was dying to have her help me sort my turmoil of emotions.
Once I’m inside, I greet her.
“Hey Alice”
“Someone is excited for her appointment” She replies with a small smile.
She then motions for me to take a seat and I do. My legs bounce in nervous energy and I’m unable to calm down.
“So, what has you so eager for our session?” she asks puzzled.
I take a deep breath before releasing it. “I have a daughter” I tell her and wait for her reaction.
I expected a flicker of surprise but I didn't get anything from her. I guess being a therapist you don’t get too many surprises. You’re always expecting the unexpected.
“I see” she says, jotting something down. “I assume the daughter you mentioned was conceived when you were in captivity?”
I’m surprised that she figured out the truth so quickly unlike Darren, Sebastian and Ren.
“Yes”
“Would you mind talking about her and how she came to be?”
I shake my head. So far almost everyone knows so there is no need to hide anything.
I proceed to tell her everything from the beginning to how Grace brought Iris to me a few days ago. By the time I’m done, I’m out of breath. I feel raw and exposed.
“You’ve spent a few days with her, how is she, her character and personality?” she asks.
She didn’t interrupt me when I was talking but once in a while she would write something down in her notebook.
“Quite and kind of withdrawn. She mostly talks to me, Colton and Lauren. She’s respectful and also a bit timid and she’s quite intelligent for her age. She is more of the observant type”
I know there is still so much to discover about Iris. So far she’s kept parts of herself hidden. When you’ve been through what she’s been through, you learn to hide how you’re truly feeling. We were in the same boat. Always hiding our emotions and pushing them down.
“And what do you personally think of her?”
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Alpha and His Contract Luna (Lauren)
Did a teenager write this? I wanted to like it but it’s overly dramatic and the character arc is non-existent....
I don't think the the plot for krystals book is something I would like to dark. I would had thought Krystal and something with Jax would have been a better plot....
Finally I'm fucking done author please research heavy topics extensively before writing about them again. When you don’t you often end up victim blaming alot...
I don't even feel sad about Raya fuck her there’s allot of things that trauma is responsible for and letting the people you love die while you enjoy watching isn’t fucking one of them like the authors writing when it comes to these topics are fucking piss fucking put like the victim blaming the dismissal of valid feelings the excuses for the people who hurt her like eww don’t ever touch on subjects like these until you’ve done the appropriate extensive research on these topics. Then ill read your works that touch on these subjects again. The only reason I’m still here is cause ive already started the story....
I knew the goddamn therapist was a fucking weirdo...
Again the therapist is incorrectly saying what’s going on. If Raya took the empirical trauma it’d be Raya that she’d be talking to. Mayra took the emotional AND physical trauma of what’s going on and both Raya and Mayra are experiencing shared mental effects of that trauma with Raya experiencing the effects on the more angered and blaming side. None of this makes Mayra a terrible companion it actually makes Raya a terrible companion if you want to place blame....
Bruh can’t she just get the moon goddess to like give her a new wolf or remove her from the one she got ? She gone be human either fucking way with the way that bitch of a wolf be acting...
The therapist is fixing weird like she was doing so good till she fucking invalidated Mayra’s feelings towards her baby that was forced upon her by her realist that popped up before she was even done healing like what ? Its normal for victims to feel that way towards a rapper baby and what the therapist should have fucking said was yeah Mayra it’s normal to feel that way you’re still haunted by your rapport and haven’t yet healed and it doesn’t help that your daughter looks like him once healed you could make a decision on whether you want to be in her life as her mother or give her up for adoption it’s all up to you but for now you need to focus on healing before attempting to mother a child who looks like your rapist. In the meantime have your child stay with a trusted person so that you can heal and make the correct decision for yourself as a healed woman. But no the therapist says try loving her and being a mother to your rapists child right now even if you haven’t healed yet. Like huh ? You’re fucking weird and the author is weird for this as well. Maybe before writing about a touchy subject please do more research In terms of how to go about the aftermath of trauma and healing because this invalidated a lot of rape victims who hated their children before healing and coming to love and care for them without blame....
We’ll do e. I enjoyed every moment....
Danke :)...