Chapter 23: Unusual ThoughtsDEVANTE WAS NERVOUS WHEN he came to Dr. Lutkin’s office for his first session of the week.
“I didn’t do my homework for today,” Devante said, looking down at the floor.
“Why not?”
“Okay, I know this might sound dumb, but it scares me. I still want to do it, though. But, but I thought it might be easier if I wrote the list in here,” Devante explained.
“Sure. Take a seat.”
Devante felt relieved. Maybe therapy homework wasn’t so bad after all. Dr. Lutkin got up and took a blank notebook from his bookshelf and a pen from his desk, and gave them to Devante.
“You can use this.”
Devante sat with the pen in his hand, too afraid to write.
“Try starting with the least threatening thing first.”
“Okay.” He took a deep breath and began to write. “Red roses. White te
