2.4.8: Pretending
Brody’s perspective
Brody didn’t understand why his parents were making him see a therapist. Did they think something was wrong with him? Maybe there was.
Family therapy was a bit awkward. He already didn’t know what to say to his new parents, and having a stranger there didn’t help. His individual therapy didn’t go much better.
The therapist, Albert, kept asking how he felt about things, but Brody didn’t know how he felt. He tried not to think too much about anything that was going on. He told Albert a little bit about school, which seemed to appease him. When he was at school, he didn’t have to think about how weird things were at home. He didn’t tell the therapist that, though.
Johnny and Paul still seemed okay, but he didn’t trust them yet. He was getting along with his sisters, but being around them made him miss his biological brothers and sisters who were still at his old foster home. His foster parents wanted to keep them, but not him. He wondered if he would ever see them again.
Brody was too scared to talk to the therapist about all of this. Talking about it would make it seem real, and he wanted to pretend that it was all a dream.
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