Chapter 19// The Nice Effect
Being released from this hospital was equivalent to being released from a jail cell. I was no longer restrained under several watchful eyes. My breathing wasn't monitored, and I no longer had to swallow pills every two hours. I had a few visitors, mostly Lucy, and Alex coming for Lucy who couldn't make it. But when he was with me, a desperate awkwardness clouded the air.
I was walking up the stairs to the kitchen when I bumped into Lucy.
"Melissa, just the girl I needed to talk to. Your friends are here, waiting in the living room," she told me and then walked back upstairs probably to start cooking dinner, seeing as it was already seven at night.
So, I leisurely paced up the stairs to greet Jen and Sammi. Only when I got to the living room, my friends wer
