I went to see Zezette today. It made me feel terrible, as if I were going behind Danit’s back, but I had to do something. I could not let matters stand. She knew precisely what I wanted as soon as I arrived, I could see that in her aura. She greeted me with an embrace, and the depth of empathy and compassion radiating from her nearly made me weep. “Is there nothing that I can do?” I asked when I…
I am hurt. I am hollowed out, I am…I do not know what I am. I should have known this day was coming, but I refused to believe in my own failure. Would it have hurt any less, if I had known it was coming? I cannot say, but it hurts a great deal regardless. I have been removed from Shannon’s case. Danit called me to her just as I was going down to check on Shannon, and the moment…
I spent this afternoon with Gabrielle, hoping to get to know her a bit more. For once, Inca was not there—Gabrielle intended to spend all day working on homework for her graduate classes, and she believes that there is little enough danger in that. Gabrielle was restless, however, and finding it difficult to focus. She was about to give up when I made the suggestion that perhaps having someone else in the room would help. It was the empty apartment…