the whole thing just sort of... dissolved. Does that make any sense?” She nodded encouragingly.
I suppose I realized, right there in that room, that I’d been stupid, acting like a teenager rather than a thirty-year-old woman.
He wasn’t even special, I’d been focused on him, but really, it could have been anyone. I’d been trying to please M—
Nodding, she interrupted me, thankfully stopping me from going too far.
“There are actually a number of issues I’d like to suggest we explore over the next few sessions,” she said.
We’ve been talking about recent events here today, but at some point I’d like to hear a bit about your childhood—
“Absolutely not,” I said, folding my arms and staring at the carpet.
The lady does not need to know what goes on in this house. “I understand that it can be a very difficult thing to talk about,” she said.
“I don’t want to talk about any of that, Maria. Please, do not ask me to talk about Mummy.”
Damn, damn, damn. She leaped on that, of course. Mummy’s always the star turn, the big draw.
“What sort of relationship do you have with your mother, Eleanor? Are you close?”
“Mummy’s in contact quite regularly. Too regularly,” I said. The cat was out of the bag now.
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