I was just hurt and I didn't know what else to do." For, you know, all those breakdowns and all the times I lashed out on you and Lex. The nickname sort of calms Cassie down, shifting in her seat uneasily as she stared at her hands in her lap, unable to form the words she's been practicing in her head for days, "I just wanted to say sorry. Suze Howard raises her eyebrows, "What is it, sweetie?" "Hey, mom?" She whispers, and it surprised her that her mom even heard her. The air was thick between them and she had no intention of saying anything until they passed by the skating rink. She calls her one day to tell her she needs to be picked up from school and surprisingly her mom shows up without question. At least talk to her mother and talk to her sister. Georgia, the woman she's been telling all her secrets and insecurities about, tells her she should at least take a leap. On her third week with her therapist, she talks about how it eats her alive that nobody is really talking to her except her teachers. Sometimes they'd invite her over for dinner out of pity but she politely declines and just eats in her bedroom by herself. Gia Bennett acknowledges her still, though, and so does Leslie. Lexi doesn't talk to her that much, neither does her mom. It didn't really matter what they said, all she knew was that she cared about herself. That's the last piece of advice her dad had given her and stuck with her. Nobody talks to her at school and she could feel all the whispers and all the pairs of eyes staring at her when she walks in, acting as if nothing ever happened.īut she keeps her head up, though. And that's really all that mattered to her. The process wasn't that easy-it still held some emotional weight to her, but she did it. Cassie's growth begins when she agrees to see a therapist and burns every single thing Nate Jacobs has given her.
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