"You shouldn't have booked such an expensive room for him. This kind of person only deserves to stay in a standard room that costs a hundred bucks. Small and cozy!"
"What do you know? Wanda cares about me dearly. She’s different from you, a person with no conscience. I’ve been away for so long yet you don’t even miss me."
"Why should I miss you? You don’t even miss me."
"How do you know whether I've missed you? Are you i n my head?"
I sat quietly on the sofa and looked at them fighting with each other. It made me feel warm. This was how life was supposed to be.
After they were done arguing with each other, Cecilia lay down on the sofa and slept with her eyes closed. She must be suffering from drowsiness as she was now three months pregnant. I had experienced it too.
Jerome found a thin blanket and covered her with it. Then, he sat on the floor beside me. Looking at me, he said, "Symptoms of early-stage depression are feeling down, losing sleep, and getting bad-tempered. When it's serious, you can't help but hurt yourself."
Of course, I knew those. Otherwise, I would not have
called him and asked him to come back.
"When did you start losing control of yourself?" He looked at me, his eyes filled with concern and worry.
"I've always been feeling down and losing sleep. I've been emotionally unstable since half a year ago. I stop myself from hurting myself and the baby,” I answered honestly. Since I had come to seek help, I should not hide anything.
Although this kind of situation seldom happened, I knew it had gotten more serious than the last time.
He covered his face with both hands. It took him a while to put them away. "It seems like it has gotten serious. You can’t take medicine to control it now. The only way is to try and regulate your emotions. You know how serious the illness was back then. If you let it continue to progress like this, you and the baby will be in danger."
"That's why I asked you to come back. Jerome, I’m scared. I'm afraid that I'll go back in time." I could only open up in front of Jerome who was a friend and a doctor.
I remembered when my mother passed away back then, it was a fatal blow for me. With all those suppressed emotions after being tortured by Tyler for s o many years, I finally broke down. I lost control and kept hurting myself again and again.
Jerome knew about my tragic past.
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