Dancing On the Edge
“How do you feel about what you’re hearing?”
Dr. DeAngelis was watching me, wanting a reaction.
I wouldn’t react to made-up stories. They were acting, putting on a show, just like in the TV room. I didn’t know this woman they were talking about.
“Miracle, eye contact, please.”
I wouldn’t look at lies. I held my head down, tore at a fingernail.
“I’m sorry, Miracle,” Aunt Casey said, sitting on the edge of her seat and leaning forward, trying to place herself in my view. “We didn’t want you to get... the wrong idea. We . . .”
“Stop talking about it!” I twisted away and covered my ears.
“You don’t like what you’re hearing,” Dr. DeAngelis said.
“No! It’s lies. Gigi could tell you. You’re making everything up!”
“All right, Miracle. You may be right, but what if this were a story you read in a book and there was a young lady such as yourself, fourteen years old and . . .”
“I’m thirteen.” I turned around to face him and brought my hands down from my ears.MoreLess
Dr. DeAngelis was watching me, wanting a reaction.
I wouldn’t react to made-up stories. They were acting, putting on a show, just like in the TV room. I didn’t know this woman they were talking about.
“Miracle, eye contact, please.”
I wouldn’t look at lies. I held my head down, tore at a fingernail.
“I’m sorry, Miracle,” Aunt Casey said, sitting on the edge of her seat and leaning forward, trying to place herself in my view. “We didn’t want you to get... the wrong idea. We . . .”
“Stop talking about it!” I twisted away and covered my ears.
“You don’t like what you’re hearing,” Dr. DeAngelis said.
“No! It’s lies. Gigi could tell you. You’re making everything up!”
“All right, Miracle. You may be right, but what if this were a story you read in a book and there was a young lady such as yourself, fourteen years old and . . .”
“I’m thirteen.” I turned around to face him and brought my hands down from my ears.MoreLess
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