DIVORCED, BUT SPOILED BY MY FIVE BROTHERS
“You have no idea how valuable this is.”
A small, genuine smile curved his lips. “I think I do.”
For a while, we sat side by side, comparing notes, exchanging ideas. It didn’t feel like a patient and psychologist anymore — it felt like two minds meeting in the same rhythm.
“She’d be proud of you,” he said softly after a while.
I frowned. “Me?”
“Yes,” he said, his voice steady, his eyes clear. “She always believed that people with real empathy were rare. You have that, Janet. You don’t just analyze pain — you understand it.”