2. Therapy

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𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍. 

𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚘𝚍'𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕.

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠. 𝙷𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝.

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𝙸𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍?𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍.

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜. 

𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 '𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚖𝚊', 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍. 

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚝? 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠.

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𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 

𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 

𝙸 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚍.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢.

𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎. 

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝.𝙴𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛.𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚟 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚕.𝙸 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝.

𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛.

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𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎. 

𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚙.

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢.

O𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚊 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎.

𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎

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𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎, 𝚕𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.


(781 words)

I wanted to add a bit of plot twist at the end of the story. Did you expect it? 

Thank you so much for reading this second story. 'Cassette' will be on hiatus a bit until I get inspired for another story. Toodles ~ See you when I found the next cassette.

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