139 A NEW PHASE

"Pregnancy looks good on you, Isa" "Oh please" Isabella smiled "I know you all are just saying that to make me feel better about looking like an inflated hot air balloon" "I think hot air balloons are magical, and so are you" Madison replied then promptly reached out to pat her best friend's belly. It had been months since she was finally discharged from the hospital and she had managed to make a great recovery. She still had post-traumatic stress disorder, induced nightmares though and that was one of the reasons she even seriously began to consider personal therapy sessions. "I told Ethan to stay away from me, for good this time" she blurted out "Oh Madi, you've been through it. But what about the whole marriage counselling, couples therapy thing you both had going on before the accident?" "We stopped. One would want to make a marriage work for them to keep going to therapy and counselling. I've given up on us" She turned to the sink as if pretending to wash rinse out the almos