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Zoerawrr Grabbing at the collar of his shirt to brush away the tears on his face, Jake gasped in some more air and avoided looking straight at Kapoor, feeling sick to his stomach about all of this. Taking a few more shuddering breaths, Jake worked hard to calm himself down. This simple visit had caused him upset... he ought to have know he couldn't talk about this without breaking down. But now Kapoor was making him feel better again, about this whole thing. He didn't seem as... freaked out as Jake had originally thought.
"I d-d-don't thhink..." he stuttered, trying hard to keep his eyes free of tears. "I don't wwwwant him to kn-know... They'll sssssend me to that h-h-hospital ag-ag-again..."
It was hard to know what he wanted anymore. Sometimes he'd give anything to go to the hospital again, other times it scared him out of his wits. "I d-d-don' wanna get in t-tttt-trouble..." he insisted. "Don't wanna tuhh-tell him."
'Again?' Kapoor repeated in his mind. This was the first he'd heard of Jake having been in the hospital. Though it made sense. If just verbally repeating these episodes caused him this much distress, of course going through it all was only going to see more dramatic results.
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What if we tell him not to do that? To wait and see what this all means before alerting your parents, Jake?" He said making a suggestion that he thought was less threatening.