[After
this.]
I can't get my mind to slow down. The thoughts and feelings keep hittin' me, rapid-fire, 'til I have to sit down on the edge of the bed from the weight of it all. There's one thing, though, one constant that keeps pushin' to the fore, and that's that I ain't feelin' the way I oughta.
This feelin', this confusion, it ain't comin' from any kinda disgust, and that's gotta be one of the most terrifyin' realizations I've had in my whole life. Simultaneously, I'm wishin' I could avoid Joe for the rest of my life, and that he'll walk in the door and demand to know what's got me so spooked.