5
Tall Tales
Rose
Present day
I’m back in Dr. Syfer’s office. I want to laugh because the dumb broad added a chaise lounge. She’s overcompensating. But I couldn’t care less. I’ll go through the motions until I feel it’s safe for me to go back out into society. A changed person. Someone who doesn’t have to worry about killing indiscriminately and not remembering a damn thing.
Maybe it’s the way it’s supposed to be? a voice whispers in the back of my mind. My quiet brain. A place my mother and sister used to invade daily with their sass and overall bitchiness. Now, it’s just my space, my voice.
“You’re back,” Dr. Syfer says quietly, folding her hands in her lap. She sits on a leather sofa. It’s like she took everything I said to heart. I grin. Any of her other patients would think she
