Chapter 11
After closing the front door, Jessie fell back against it and slid to the ground. With a worried whine, Causy nuzzled her.
“I’m okay, girl, I’m okay. I just can’t believe it. I got through it, all of it.” Checking her watch, she realized they had talked for nearly two hours. While the irrational fears had kept a hold of her the whole time, she’d managed to keep it under control, and by the end she’d almost been able to talk and act relatively normal. Her psychologist would no doubt say it was a big achievement when she reported in for their monthly appointment, and she wasn’t about to let the thought of the hordes of strangers coming through the house to do the actual work ruin her bit of joy. “You know girl, I feel like celebrating a little.”
After checking to see wha
