Chapter 147

Cassidy's POV

It always made me sad that anyone had to stay at our facility during the holiday. It wasn't a happy place at all when all the other patients were gone and only one or two staff members were around. But it was the reality of many people's lives.

"Yeah, Brianna definitely isn't well enough, but that's sad that she won't get to be with her daughters. But why is Erik staying?"

"I'm not sure," Kaitlin said as she went back to work. "I think he told Susan that he doesn't have a family."

My heart sank. Erik hadn't really been open about his home life, but I thought he had some people who cared about him. Erik had almost finished a whole month of treatment, getting out for a few days would have given him some motivation to get through the second half of his inpatient recovery.

As I sat down at the computer to type the message to Mr. March, I looked up and saw Erik with his arm gently around Brianna's back. He was consoling her still, like a b