She knows she is getting stronger. She can feel weird little muscles in her back and arms. She’s getting smarter too. She can almost trick her mind into staying calm. She takes a breath and pretends she is the person she was before, the steady one, the one who knows what she is doing. But it’s not tricks or luck or magic that helps. It’s time. During the week, she works with Kevin at the Y. He knows her mom can’t pay him, but he is Mitchell’s friend.
