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"Did you tell them about the 'other stuff'?”
I shook my head. "Not yet.”
She turned toward me, eyes cold. "'Yet.' But you're going to.”
"I have to. You can heal other people…but it's killing you.”
"I healed you.”
"I would have been okay eventually. The ankle would have healed. It's not worth what it does
to you. And I think I know how it started…when you first healed me….”
I explained my revelation about the accident and how all of her powers and depression had
started after that. I also pointed out how our bond had formed after the accident too, though I
didn't fully understand why yet.
"I don't know what's going on, but this is beyond us. We need someone's help.”
"They'll take me away," she said flatly. "Like Ms. Karp.”
"I think they'll try to help you. They were all really worried. Liss, I'm doing this for you. I just
want you to be okay.”
She turned away from me. "Get out, Rose.”
I did.
They released her the next morning on the condition that she'd have to come back for daily
visits to the counselor. Dimitri told me they also planned on putting her on some sort of
medication to help with the depression. I wasn't a big fan of pills, but I'd cheer on anything that
would help her.
Unfortunately, some sophomore had been in the clinic for an asthma attack. He'd seen her come
in with Dimitri and Alberta. He didn't know why she'd been admitted, but that hadn't stopped
him from telling people in his hall what he'd seen. They then told others at breakfast. By lunch,
all the upperclassmen knew about the late-night clinic visit.