You shouldn’t trust just anyone. You never know with those people. You could have been assaulted, robbed, or worse!
I felt something harden inside me.
— The only person who hurt me today, Sophie, is you.
A long silence followed.
“I’ll come tomorrow,” she finally said. “We need to seriously discuss placing you in a facility where you’ll be safe. Today has clearly shown that you can no longer…”
I hung up.
The next morning, Marc called to check on me. The day after that too. At the end of the week, he suggested we go for a coffee by the pond, “like two old friends.”
It’s become our Tuesday ritual.
I rode on the back of his motorcycle several times. We took short rides along the sea, through the neighboring villages. He always rode slowly, me
