Chapter Twelve
Ella
After hours of kicking myself for being such a baby, someone was trying to come into my bedroom. “Hey, why’d you lock your door, Ella?” my sister called out from the other side.
Lying on my bed, I thought that I should get up and let her in. I needed to talk to somebody; it might as well be her. Padding across the room in my bare feet, I unlocked, then opened the door. “Come in. I’m ready to talk.”
“It’s about time!” She came in, closing the door behind her. “What happened at the clinic that took so long and put you in such a foul mood?”
Sitting on the edge of my bed, I took a deep breath, then let it out. “First, they wanted me to pee in a cup.”
“Totally normal, Ella.” Darleen sat down on the chair in front of my vanity. “That wasn’t bad at all, huh?”
Shaking my
