Melt (The Steel Brothers Saga Book 4) by Helen Hardt

Author:Helen Hardt [Hardt, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Waterhouse Press
Published: 2016-12-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Melanie

My five o’clock session rescheduled earlier in the afternoon, so after my four o’clock, I was left with an hour to kill before Oliver met me at the office.

I didn’t have long to wait, though, because I had a visitor. Rodney Cates. At least he hadn’t barged in on a session this time. Randi had left for the day, so he knocked on the open door to my office.

“Dr. Cates?” I cleared my throat, my nerves jumping. “What can I do for you?”

“I just wanted to let you know that Erica seems to be doing a little bit better.”

A heavy sigh of relief left me before I could stop it. “Thank you. You don’t know how glad I am to hear you say that.”

“I don’t know how glad you are? I lost my daughter, and then I almost lost my wife. And you think I don’t know how glad you are that my wife is doing better?”

I hadn’t meant to hit a nerve. He was right. My remark had been selfish and unfeeling. This man was hurting, so I resolved to deal with him as I would with anyone else who was hurting. “I didn’t mean to upset you. I am absolutely sure you’re glad that your wife is doing better.”

“May I come in?”

I couldn’t very well say no, no matter how much I wanted to. “Of course.” I was sitting at my desk, but I stood and walked over to my session area and sat down in my chair. I gestured to the couch and the other recliner. “Please, have a seat.”

He plopped down on the couch and turned to face me. Yet he said nothing.

“What can I help you with, Dr. Cates?”

“There’s something I wanted to ask you. About Gina.”

I wasn’t about to reveal anything from my session notes, but I didn’t need to tell him that. “Of course. What do you want to know?”

“Did Gina say anything to you about falling in love?”

My throat thickened. She hadn’t, at least not until the letter I got after she died.

So I shook my head. “Not during our sessions, no.” Technically, that wasn’t a lie. “Is there a reason why you’re asking me this?”

“Yes.” He cleared his throat. “One of her friends told Erica and me that Gina had been in love.”

“I see.”

“Wouldn’t this be something she would discuss with her therapist?”

I fidgeted with my hands in my lap. “Not necessarily.”

“This friend of hers, Marie, swears that she told her she was in love. Why would someone who was in love want to kill herself?”

“Dr. Cates, I wish I could help you. But honestly, there was nothing in my sessions that indicated Gina was suicidal.”

“Marie said Gina knew the person she was in love with would never love her back.”

“Like I said, it wasn’t anything we discussed.”

Dr. Cates stood and paced around my small session area. “I don’t understand it. If she was in love and upset that her love might be unrequited, why wouldn’t she discuss that with you?”

Because I was the one she was in love with.

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