Chapter 13
Jenny plodded across the intervening space between the infirmary, which was in the medtech wing, and Renée’s temporary house. Her guts were no longer roiling, but she missed Sonya’s comforting arm around her. And yet, it was Sonya’s gentle insistence that had Jenny out here in the first place.
Sonya, speaking softly, asked Jenny, “Why can’t you share this with Renée?”
“It’s not that I can’t.”
“All right. Why won’t you?”
“I want…” Jenny swallowed. “I want her to think of me as strong. If she sees me as weak again, she might think I’m going to leave her again.”
“That’s convoluted,” Sonya said, her kindness making the words sting a little less.
“It’s not,” Jenny snapped. “When I left her, it was because of my family’s insistence. I wasn’t strong enough to stand against them.
