"Your heart rate remains steady even without him here." The doctor's stethoscope feels cold against my skin. She's a new face, someone I haven't seen before. "That's remarkable progress considering where you started. I read your notes."
"I'm perfectly fine without him here." The memory of Logan's stunned face when I kicked him out for this exam brings a smile to my lips. It isn't that I mind him being here; I just wanted to prove to the doctors that I'm not about to melt down just because someone blocks my view of the man.
Whatever mental struggle I was going through seems to have passed, for the most part, and I want my freedom. Or, well, pseudo-freedom.
"Good." She makes a note on her tablet. "Your independence will speed up your recovery. The less dependent you are on external stabilizers, the better your chances of maintaining control."
