Chapter Five Going Mad
“What are you so afraid of?” Doctor Evan Corsa asked from the red leather recliner on the other side of the coffee table.
Ella Wiles wiped her clammy palms down the sides of her jeans. She hated when he asked her this question. It wasn’t the first time. She understood there was some kind of method to his therapy sessions, but she didn’t understand it.
“I’m afraid of hurting her feelings,” she finally said. “My mom worries easily, and she’s had enough stress since my dad left.”
Corsa replied with a quiet hmm and tapped his pen on his clipboard. “Last week you were afraid of hurting your sister’s feelings.”
Ella didn’t reply. So what? She didn’t like being anyone’s cause of distress. “Is that bad?”
“Not at all.” Doctor Corsa lifted the first sheet of paper over t
