. it's a lonh shot , alan , i doubt the girl knows anything about lisa . maybe i should just forget it . but it;s all i have ."
" meri , it's late . it's up to you . are you going to rtell me who she is or not ?"
" the girl's name is carmel . like the town . car-mel .....poteet ,"
merideth said . she had no doubt i would remember the family . poteet is one of those surnames that is touch to forget .
i said ," carmel is wallace and cassandra 's middle kid . i haven't seen her in ....well , years ." i had no picture in my head of carmel after age fourteen , or fifteen at the most . i remembered her most clearly as preteen - a small , fun kid who waas about hlaf the size of her older brother . mason .
her father , wallace poteet . ph.D . was among the first wave of psychotherapist to stake a private - practice claim in boulder in the late sixties and begin mining the rich vein that was the town's instiable appetite for mental health service . he was also one of the only sources of referrals i had , beisdes my partner diane estevez . during my first year or so in private practice . it's safe to say were it not for wallace's faith in me ,and the work he sent my way , it was posssible that my practice would not have survived its infancy .
wallace was a mentor , a benefactor , and a friend . i own him .
" i don't know where she is - if she's in LA OR Colorado or ...do you still see them ? her parents , the poteens ?" merideth said .
"i see wallace at professional meetings , occasionally at paries , cassandara was at the receptiopn , meri . i may have beeen talking with her when you came up to say hello ."
i heard the lilt of recognized spike in merideth's voice . she aid ," oh my god . she was sandi , wasn't she ? not cassandra . i knew i didn't forget that name ."
"she's cassandra now ." i said .
"she's lost quite a bit of weight . has been she ill ?"
" she started runnning . doing marathons . she's trying to qualify for boston ."
"she grew her hair out too . i never knew it was that .... frizzy ," merideth said ." people change ."
i thought she said it with a little wonder in her voice ." i think carmel's still in LA . would you like me to call wallace ? get in touch with her for you ? yes or no ?"
"let me sleep on it ," she said ."
"sleep sounds good ," i said .
sweet jesus .
" meri , it's late . it's up to you . are you going to rtell me who she is or not ?"
" the girl's name is carmel . like the town . car-mel .....poteet ,"
merideth said . she had no doubt i would remember the family . poteet is one of those surnames that is touch to forget .
i said ," carmel is wallace and cassandra 's middle kid . i haven't seen her in ....well , years ." i had no picture in my head of carmel after age fourteen , or fifteen at the most . i remembered her most clearly as preteen - a small , fun kid who waas about hlaf the size of her older brother . mason .
her father , wallace poteet . ph.D . was among the first wave of psychotherapist to stake a private - practice claim in boulder in the late sixties and begin mining the rich vein that was the town's instiable appetite for mental health service . he was also one of the only sources of referrals i had , beisdes my partner diane estevez . during my first year or so in private practice . it's safe to say were it not for wallace's faith in me ,and the work he sent my way , it was posssible that my practice would not have survived its infancy .
wallace was a mentor , a benefactor , and a friend . i own him .
" i don't know where she is - if she's in LA OR Colorado or ...do you still see them ? her parents , the poteens ?" merideth said .
"i see wallace at professional meetings , occasionally at paries , cassandara was at the receptiopn , meri . i may have beeen talking with her when you came up to say hello ."
i heard the lilt of recognized spike in merideth's voice . she aid ," oh my god . she was sandi , wasn't she ? not cassandra . i knew i didn't forget that name ."
"she's cassandra now ." i said .
"she's lost quite a bit of weight . has been she ill ?"
" she started runnning . doing marathons . she's trying to qualify for boston ."
"she grew her hair out too . i never knew it was that .... frizzy ," merideth said ." people change ."
i thought she said it with a little wonder in her voice ." i think carmel's still in LA . would you like me to call wallace ? get in touch with her for you ? yes or no ?"
"let me sleep on it ," she said ."
"sleep sounds good ," i said .
sweet jesus .
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