Chapter 12

Cole’s POV

He’s right about one thing. Getting comforted in the hospital hasn’t been easy to come by as my father has increased restrictions on me which decreased my access to decent help outside of Dr. Carter. The only people that have ever gone to the hospital with me are Mr. Jenkins and his son Jamie.

“I’m going to talk you through everything that’s going to happen to you before it happens but I would like to try to help you feel safe. I don’t think it will be easy as you lack the trust that my own son has towards me, but I’m patient and persistent so if you’ll allow me to get close to you, lay with you, I really think I can help.”

I nod again giving him permission even though it’s going to be a hard internal fight to allow it to happen.

“Okay Cole. There’s going to be a lot of touch but you need to understand that none of it is negative. Nothing we do here is a punishment. Everything is to help you. The worst thing that will happen is Dr.