The next few weeks were tiresome for Sara. Her training with Derek was emotionally draining, to say the least. She felt something for him, unsure of what it was, and he was acting odd. There were moments when they were close, and there were moments when he drew away from her. She was tired. She had learned the essentials and she felt as if she was developing a level of confidence, but their encounters were becoming increasingly more intimate, and that was making her falter. She felt something. She didn’t know what it was. But it was something. She sat on her bed, staring out at the beautiful June sky. She recalled one of her previous sessions with Derek, regarding lesson five, learning to forgive. He had taken her to a house so eerily similar to that of her deceased mother’s. She had to re
