"After the accident, when people I thought were my friends ignored me and after what Allen did, it made me wonder if I was a bad person or something. I keep thinking everything is going to go wrong."

I kissed her forehead, since my lower face was coated with her fluids. "No, baby. You're stuck with me."

Carrie mumbled something into my chest and was instantly asleep. I held her and stared at the ceiling fan as it sat there, as immobile as I was.

I didn't have a lot of friends growing up so I hadn't experienced that kind of rejection. I didn't know of any way to reassure...