CHAPTER 11 SANNE My heart is heavy as I get back into my own apartment. It’s a little chilly here and I already miss having Josie around. She was so soft and warm and just being near her made everything feel better. I understand that she had to go. It’s her clinic, she had to go back. That’s what people with their own companies do, at least the ones who actually work at their own company in any real capacity. Rationally, I know this, but it still makes me feel childish that I just wished that she didn’t have to go, that I wished she’d just call someone else to cover for her or whatever. I feel selfish for those thoughts, for wanting her with me here longer, but this is reality, not a fantasy. I sit down on the couch and turn the TV on, putting something random as background sounds as I

