A Physics Prodigy From Ukraine

12.

“Ryan.”
I looked up.
Jon was here.
Jon was in my house.
He had breached the doctor - patient relationship.
I didn’t want him here.

He picked up the Trazodone.
He was taking it away.
I moaned.

“Ryan. We’re enrolling you to the same school as Brendon.”
School.
No.
No.
I started to protest, but he shook his head solemnly.

“I really think you’ll benefit from being around others.”
Others?
Oh, god, no.

“Please, Ryan. Spending all this time at home, by yourself, isn’t helping.”
I disagreed.
I hadn’t felt so good in years.
Lie.
Lie.
Lie.
I couldn’t.

“After this… episode… It was an attempt, wasn’t it?”
Of course it was.
I didn’t like to suffocate myself for fun.

“Ryan. We’re trying to help.”
Well they weren’t doing a very good job of it.