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Cassy had offered to help me find a shrink when I first arrived here, but back then I was completely in a trance. I had a hard time even realizing I was out of Zachery’s grasp and free to go where I pleased. I barely even left the room Cassy had given me. It took me almost two weeks to leave it and be brave enough to venture into the kitchen. I was even more surprised when Cassy had been making me breakfast, and she did not try to force me to make food.
She treated me with so much kindness and was so careful around me. I would never have found the strength to even try to find work if it hadn’t been for her, but she was also right about something. I was closed off. I had become numb over the years trying to survive the torture I had been subjected to, and as a result, I was not as
