"That's just it. It's different for every patient, and every herx is different from the last. She's been too young to tell me what works and doesn't, so I've had to work by trial and error. She's just now reaching an age where she can tell me she's feeling bad and give me an idea of the symptoms she's having so we could try to stave off the side effects with herbal treatments, proteins, etcetera, but she won't tell me anything." My voice cracked.
"Why not?" Jase was incensed, and he was about to be pissed off.
My lips pursed as I chewed on the bottom one before answering him. "Because she knows I can't pay the doctor and don't have any money."
His silence bothered me more than the accusation I assumed was coming. He was judging and that hurt. I knew it would happen. I knew the moment he
