Chapter 232

Over the course of the next week, after the bombshell she hit him with by making him see his niece and nephew, Derrick seemed even more determined to thwart regular sessions. As if Janine would let his stubbornness get in the way of his treatment. She always managed to track him down and created opportunities on the go, but she couldn't have said if she was getting through to him.

For, as often as she got him to talk, in the end, he drew even more out of her with pointed questions about her childhood, asking about her life with her new father. How she worked her way through school so her parents could pay off the mortgage and have the security of a home for when the next financial crisis hit.

Surprisingly enough, despite their unorthodox sessions, she learned a bit about him, revelations that came spottily in between his outbursts, where he tried to push her away.