𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓

Chapter Nineteen

It's been a week since I've last seen Regina. Matthew said he sent her home. It all felt strange though. Almost as if he was lying to me.

"How do you feel today?" He asks. It's been a week of the same thing. Bring me in the therapy room and ask me about how I'm feeling now that Regina's gone.

To be honest...I miss her.

"Can I go to the city today?"

"Answer my prior question."

"Lost."

"Why?"

"Because Regina isn't here. I want to see Regina."

"Remember when you told me you liked Regina?"

"Yeah."

"You love her now. You don't just like her. Why else would you want to see her?"

"Because I want to see her."

"I don't know where she lives. It's up to Regina to return here."

I sighed. Why would she leave without telling me? Last time I saw her I was in my head, sad and...I looked at Matthew. He wouldn't have dared.

"I didn't kill her." He responds, cutting through my thoughts. I stared at him and he's tapping his own on his notepad. That's another thing I've noticed about my brother, he's barely been taking notes.

"Are you alright?" I ask him.

"Why are you asking me that?" He didn't look at me.

"For the past week you've seemed deep into your own thoughts. Is something wrong?"

He sighed, setting his pen down to look at me. "No, everything's fine." He's lying.

"You're lying."

"Since when did you become an analyst?"

"I don't know what that means."

"It's what I am. I study things, notice small details. I can tell when someone is thinking about something they may want to say and I get it out of them, more so I answer them."

"When I thought you killed Regina."

"Yes."

"Oh."

It got quiet and I began fiddling with my fingers. I want to see her.

"Who's your favorite so far?"

I looked at him. "What do you mean?"

"Out of Kathy, Sabrina and Regina...who's your favorite."

No. It's this again. I can't remember. "Is it Regina?"

"You're insane!"

"But Kathy..."

"Is it Sabrina?"

"Let me go please, I promise I won't tell anyone about any of this."

"You're safe here."

"No I'm not!"

"It's Kathy right? You loved her dimples."

"I don't want to remember."

"I know. It was interesting to see you...so broken about them."

I shook my head. "Stop."

"What if it also happened to Regina?"

I shook my head. "No. No."

"Yeah, you're right. No. What if she's with Austin? Her boyfriend?"

I got up and left the room. I left the house and made my way to the city. Austin. She mentioned him the first day she came here. Whoever he is...she doesn't need him.