Miles: “Pain takes away pain.”
Dr. Richard Baer: “Really, hows does that work?”
Miles: “Outside pain make inside pain hurt less.”
Dr. Richard Baer: “You mean if you cut yourself on the outside, your feelings will hurt less?”
Miles: “Yeah.”
Dr. Richard Baer: “Where did you learn this?”
“I don’t know. Jensen does it, too.”
She woke up in pain. She had just had a baby by Caesarian, but she didn’t know it or anything else. She felt alone and scared.
“The nurse kept calling me Karen.”