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Show Inside Out, 185 Chapter 38: Terra "These are good letters," said Dr. Scofield. Terra didn't say anything. She knew what was coming. "Now," he continued. "You know what I'm going to say." Terra nodded. "But before you talk to them about these things-" "I can't talk to them," Terra said. "I think I can understand that," said Dr. Scofield. "But I want you to tell me why." Terra thought for a moment. "Because I'd cry," she said. "Because I wouldn't make sense. It's like-it's like something big inside me that... it's like taking toys out of their boxes and then they won't go back again. If I say those things, I'll be . . . turning inside out." 'They are big feelings," he said. "Yes, I can see how you'd be more comfortable saying these things in writing. But you know that your parents will want to talk to you after they read them. What do you fear will happen after they read them?" "They'll get mad." Dr. Scofield raised one eyebrow. Terra wondered if he practiced that in graduate school, maybe in front of a mirror. "Why would they get angry?" "Because maybe what I said wasn't fair." "Do you think so?" "Maybe. I don't know." |