Christian Mitchell by Jennifer Foor

Author:Jennifer Foor [Foor, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMF PUBLISHING
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Christian

“Good evening. I’m Eve. Come on in and have a seat.”

My lips felt dry, and I swore that I’d just eaten a cup of sand, because my mouth refused to open to address the woman.

Ethan reached out his hand. “I’m E-.”

“No names, except for mine,” she interrupted. “These meetings are confidential. What we say here stays here.”

In that instant my uptight body relaxed.

We pulled up two chairs, watching as people made room for us to scoot in. I avoided making eye contact with everyone, in fear that they would all want to know my story. Thankfully, Eve settled my mind.

“Who would like to share tonight?”

A young blonde raised her hand and waited for Eve to acknowledge her. She folded her hands together, but constantly kept moving her fingers around. She peered down at the floor in the center of the circle, instantly reminding me how I would be if I had to share my story in front of all these people.

“I, um, I came here tonight because my doctor thinks it’s a good idea. Since the attack I’ve become agoraphobic. I dropped out of school six months ago, and pushed all of my friends away. It’s taken me a long time to realize that none of this was my fault.”

I stared down at my own hands, praying that she wasn’t going to go into detail. Unfortunately, it didn’t go the way I wanted it to.

“It was a Friday night on campus, and I looked forward to a big bonfire that was takin’ place. I lived in the dorms, and felt like I was pretty popular with everyone on my floor. Most of us partied together on the weekends, and we became this huge click. It was nice to always have someone to buddy around with, especially after dark.” She fidgeted more with her hands. “Anyway, we got all dolled up and headed out to party and meet guys. I wasn’t exactly what you’d call promiscuous, but I wasn’t a virgin either. A bunch of us started doin’ keg stands and actin’ silly to get attention. We were dancin’ around, grindin’ all over one another. My best friend, Nikki and I started actin’ like we were together. A couple times we even kissed to get the crowd to react.” She started to sniffle. I refused to look her way. “We were just havin’ fun. We were out for the night not really wantin’ to hook up with anyone. In our eyes we thought it was the best way to keep the creeps from hittin’ on us.”

She had to pause again, this time because she’d gotten choked up. Eve chimed in that very moment. “Take a few breaths before continuing. Remember that you’re in a safe place. If you need to stop it’s okay.”

“No. I can do this. I’ve practiced it for a couple days. I can’t hold it in any longer, because it’s tearin’ me apart.”

“That’s good. Stay positive,” Eve suggested.

“I’m not really sure how long we were there that night.

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