I pushed open the study door at the appointed time. Adrian was sitting behind his desk, a thick file with photographs of me laid out in front of him.
"Everything Julian said is true. I was his girlfriend. While we were together, he got engaged to someone else." I sat down across from him with my head bowed, unable to look him in the eye. "I didn't tell you because I was afraid you'd send me away. I needed the money to pay off the loan Julian had signed for in my name. And I was worried that without a better therapist, your condition would only get worse."
"So that's why you took the job under a false identity?" His voice had gone hoarse.
"I'm sorry. If I had known any of this, I never would have..."
"I lied to you. You have every right to be angry," I said softly, cutting him off.
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