Four Friends by Robyn Carr

Author:Robyn Carr [Carr, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General
ISBN: 9780778316817
Google: D58pAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: 0778316815
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

nine

GERRI TOOK AN afternoon off to pick up Sonja at Glendale Psychiatric because Sonja didn’t want to see George at all. Ever. “So how are you going to manage your counseling appointments and all that without George?” Gerri asked on the ride home.

“I’m cleared to drive. And Dr. Kalay suggested we try someone else for counseling—someone who might notice if I’m unwashed and half-bald. But, just once a week. Then there’s a group I’m going to. Honestly, I hate the thought of that. I hated those group sessions. Some of those people are seriously fucked up.”

Gerri laughed in spite of herself. “This new vocabulary of yours is blowing my mind.”

“I might’ve picked up some bad habits at the nuthouse.”

“Any more I should be aware of?” Gerri asked.

“Let’s just wait and see. You might catch me picking at invisible things floating in the air. I’ve completely stopped chewing my nails or pulling my hair out—that’s an improvement, huh? I never took pharmaceuticals seriously enough.”

“Sonja, forgive me, but you got funny. When did that happen?”

“I’m funny?” she asked. “Must be the drugs.”

“So—you’re going to see a new counselor and go to group.”

“Yuck. That was the price of release. They probably have G-men following me around to be sure I keep the appointments. At least I don’t have one of those house-arrest ankle bracelets.”

“How do you handle that? I mean, if you find everyone in the group to be seriously messed up?”

“Dr. Kalay said if you can’t be helped, then help. I’m sure I’m not qualified, but then they’re not qualified to help me, either, so we’re even.”

Gerri pulled into Sonja’s drive. “How about having dinner at my place tonight?”

“Would you be terribly hurt if I declined? Because I am so sick of eating with people. Sick of hearing everyone’s toilet flush, shower run. And then there were those people who cried at night. It’s a wonder anyone comes out of that place better than when they went in. They should be worse.”

“I would’ve thought Glendale, being so highfalutin...”

“Yeah, well, you can dress up the zoo, but we’re all the same animals in there. For a month all I’ve wanted is to have a little time alone. I spent one night in the bathroom with towels stuffed under the door and I thought they’d have me in a straitjacket for life—but I just wanted some time alone.”

“I can understand that,” Gerri said. “Why don’t I get you some takeout? Or run you to the grocery store real quick? Because I never thought to stock your refrigerator.”

“Nah, don’t worry about it,” she said, opening her car door. “It’s what—a mile away? I think I can handle the store. I’ll just unpack and go grab a couple of things.”

“Let me drive you,” Gerri said.

“No,” Sonja said. “I’m fine to drive. I’m not groggy, not dizzy or disoriented, and I don’t have any problems being around people. And I haven’t forgotten how to use the bank card, so it’s all just routine.”

“What if you run into

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