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Chapter 6

He even instructed the police to detain me for fifteen days.

He was my father. How could he do such a thing to me?

As I grew older, I started suffering from insomnia, lying awake each night, often hearing imagined sounds of fights from the neighboring apartment.

When I was in Argusia, I saw a therapist, and for a while, things improved, but then I relapsed.

It was a cycle that never seemed to end, a constant ebb and flow.

Depression shadowed me for many years.

Once I saw my mother had taken her medication and drifted off to sleep, I finally felt it was safe to leave.

I didn't want Noah to drive me home. "You can go; I'll take a cab back to my apartment."

He ignored my protest, insisting on driving me himself.

"Teagan, I'm worried about you. Please let me stay with you."

When we finally got back home, insomnia struck again, as I had expected.

I had Noah take the blanket and sleep on the couch while I settled in front of my desk to tackle the mounting pile of work.
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