I wasn't sure what to believe. I wanted to believe her, but I wasnt sure who, or what, she was. She really hadn't given me much to go on. I wondered what she meant by 'you believe me don't you?'.She was pleading. Believe her about what. Exactly.
"Vanessa?" Tamara asked, looking at me.
"Hm?" I asked, blinking.
"Oh."
I realised what she wanted me to do. I turned to Lily.
"Believe you about what?"I asked.
"Well, I'm not...I..."
"Take your time," Tamara told her.
"I'm not who you think I am, who anyone, thinks I am."
"So you're...?" Anna asked.
Lily hesitated.
"Everything you say here is confidential," Tamara told her.
"I'm, not entirely human."
"Then what are you?" Anna asked.
"I'm a plant. Er. I mean I was and then I turned into her and now. I'm here."
Wow.
"Turned into? How?" Annas eyes were wide.
"The same way they do in fairy tales."
"You mean you...?"
"Yeah."
"But you...you can't...they don't..."
"Anna," Tamara said firmly; "we're not here to judge."
Oh. My god.