Chapter 8
Atlanta, Georgia
The therapist’s questions rolled around in Helene’s mind as panic lodged in her chest. She couldn’t find a way to admit to herself that her issues might have led to Thomas’s problems. Throughout the years, she had shared very little of her childhood or family with Bill and Thomas. They knew she had grown up in Minnesota and had two sisters. Beyond that, if the subject came up, she would always change it, and they never seemed to notice, or if they did, nothing was ever said.
Heaviness settled on her like a weighted cloak, and her mind focused on the box that was buried up in the attic. No one was aware of its existence except her, and she hadn’t thought about it in years. It was the one thing she had taken with her when she left home, and right now, it was all
