Phoenix (Gems of Wolfe Island Book 6) by Helen Hardt

Author:Helen Hardt [Hardt, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hardt & Sons
Published: 2023-04-24T18:30:00+00:00

21

KELLY

“Yes? Come in,” Macy says after I pound on her door on the first floor of the building.

I open the door and poke my head in.

“Kelly,” she says, smiling. “What can I do for you?”

“I need to talk to you. I know it’s not my regular session, but do you have ten minutes?”

“Of course.” She gestures. “Come on in and sit down.”

I close the door and take a seat in my usual chair across from her desk.

“I’m not surprised to see you, given what you’ve been through.”

“You don’t know the half of it.”

“There hasn’t been any news on those two security guards from the other night, I’m afraid,” she says.

Now I feel like a self-centered piece of crap. I haven’t even been thinking about them because I’m so angry with Leif right now.

“I’m so sorry to hear that,” I say.

“Me too. I knew one of them quite well. He was young, newly engaged.” She shakes her head. “But unfortunately there’s nothing we can do about that except pray. What can I do for you today?”

“You can tell me,” I say, “whether there’s truly good in everyone.”

“Well,” she sighs. “I’m glad you didn’t ask me an easy question. Maybe you’d rather know something simple, like whether there’s a God, or what is the meaning of the universe?”

I know she’s trying to be funny, but my question is valid.

“I’m serious. I think…”

“You think what?”

“I don’t know. I’m just really angry with Leif. He gave me some gobbledygook about how he came home from the conflict in Afghanistan, how he had PTSD and went to therapy, and one of the things he learned was that there were no absolutes. No absolute good or absolute evil.”

“I can see why that upset you.”

“Thank you. Because clearly he didn’t see it at all. My mother for example. Absolute evil. This degenerate who’s chasing me around Manhattan right now. Absolute evil.”

“It would seem that way, on the surface.”

“On the surface? My God, you’re going to say the same thing, aren’t you?”

“No. I’m not going to say the same thing. I’m going to say that perhaps it helped Leif in his healing to feel that there were no absolutes. It may have nothing to do with good and evil. It could mean an absolute of another kind.”

“What other kind?”

“The world is full of shades of gray, Kelly. My guess is that when Leif had that eye-opening epiphany during his therapy, it had to do with something completely different from what you’re dealing with.”

“Or maybe…” I shake my head, closing my eyes. “No, I can’t imagine that. Not Leif. Not someone so strong and virile and courageous.”

“Where is your mind going?” Macy asks.

“To dark places. Places I don’t want to think about.”

“All right. You just say what you feel you can say.”

“He’s so strong. So muscular, I mean, if you could see him.” My cheeks warm.

“I’ve seen him, Kelly. He’s tall and muscular, yes. Very handsome.”

A twinge of jealousy gets me then.

Macy is no threat. I know that I’m just reacting the way I’ve been reacting my whole life.

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