Chapter 105

Mandy

The circle is a little smaller today. Two people who have been in my group since I got here got to go home. Looking down at my engagement and wedding rings, I’m hit with a longing to see Dalton and Walker again. A type of longing I haven’t felt in years.

It could be the new medication they have me on to control my mood swings, or it could be that I’m finally coming out from underneath this dark cloud I’ve been under for so long.

“When was the first time you realized you weren’t like everybody else?”

The leader of our circle asks the question, and I do like I’ve done every day since I got here a week ago - I truly think about it. I close my eyes and settle into the question, giving it a few moments to dig itself into my conscience and then answer it truthfully. When it comes to my turn, I speak slowly.