Surviving Storm (Kings Reapers MC Book 7) by Nicola Jane

Author:Nicola Jane [Jane, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knox Publishing
Published: 2021-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

“What sort of things will she ask us?”

I take Lottie’s hand. “I don’t know, butterfly. We just gotta be honest.”

I look around the doctor’s office. It’s a good likeness to the sort of shrink’s office you see in films. The door opens and a female walks in. She’s hot—Cree never mentioned that part—though not as hot as my ol’ lady, of course. She shakes our hands, smiling kindly before taking a seat.

“Sorry to keep you waiting,” she says, pulling out a notepad. “I had a telephone crisis. How are you both?”

“Good,” I say.

“I’m Eleanor Chapman. You’re Jaxon Michaels and Charlotte Murphy?” she asks, and I nod. “So, what brings you both here today?”

“We wanna be together,” I begin, “but we have issues to work through.”

“And you need help to sort those out?” she asks.

“Yes.”

“Okay. Charlotte, why don’t we start with you?”

“I’d rather we didn’t,” mutters Lottie, squeezing my hand.

“I drink,” I say, taking the doctor’s attention away from Lottie. “Not all the time, but when I feel like I can’t cope, I take myself off and I drink. I can be gone for days.” The doctor scribbles something down on her notepad. “And Lottie, she cuts herself,” I add.

The doctor’s eyes roam over Lottie and land on where she’s holding her sleeves over her hands. “Okay. That’s a good place to start. Have either of you ever sought help before?”

“No,” I say. “I don’t see it as a problem.” I pause. “I mean, I do, but I don’t let it affect anyone around me, so I don’t see it as a big issue. I’m here more for Lottie.”

“How do you feel about Jaxon drinking, Charlotte?” she asks gently.

“He hasn’t done it a lot since we’ve been together. His sister worries.”

I turn to Lottie. “You spoke to Taya?” I ask. She nods, and I frown. She hadn’t mentioned that. “Why?”

“She wanted to talk to me,” says Lottie, shrugging her shoulders.

“About?” I push.

“About me and you,” she says impatiently. “Can we just get this over and done with?”

“You don’t want to be here, Charlotte?” asks the doctor. Lottie shakes her head.

“You didn’t tell me you didn’t wanna come here,” I say.

“Why did you come,” asks the doctor, “if you didn’t want to be here?”

“I want things to work with Storm. He gets angry when I cut myself.”

“Do you think you have a problem?”

“It makes me feel better. Sometimes I feel guilty afterwards, but that’s because I know he’ll be upset.”

“When he gets upset with you, how does that make you feel?”

“Like crap,” mutters Lottie. “I hate people being mad at me. I hate to disappoint.”

Doctor Chapman scribbles more notes. “Overall, are you happy together?”

“Yes,” we both reply at the same time and smile at each other.

“It can be hard to have a relationship when you’re both battling your own demons. Sometimes these sessions run better one on one. I’d want to go through your past, dig up old skeletons to find out why these behaviours are present. That can be hard for the other person to listen to.

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