Lena's POV
Dr. Ruth Daniel came to the mansion every Tuesday at two, our standing session, the rhythm of it established early and maintained consistently, one of the fixed points around which the rest of the week organized itself. I valued it more than I had expected when Henry first suggested it, back in the early months when everything was moving so fast that stopping to feel anything had seemed like a risk I couldn't afford.
I valued it considerably more now.
Dr. Daniel was warm without being soft, precise without being clinical, and had the particular quality of someone who could sit in silence with you without the silence becoming uncomfortable. She had helped me understand things about myself that I had been carrying for years without understanding I was carrying them. She had hel
