thirty one
"ara , hi .'
shit , i should hace called you mel .
"dr . gregory . i'm - i know i was supposed to meet you you today but .... " she sighed ." jack was supposed to be here last night , but he didn't show up . nobody , knows where he is ...i've been upset . i didn't want to be myself , so i- i am so sorry , i just ...forgot . i am so , so sorry ."
someting that psychotherapists - and 911 dispatchesrs - learn early in theior careers is that upset people often omit crucial context in their descriptions of precipitating events . to wit " cara hadn't said who jack was . her buyfried ? her cat ?
"call me alan , it's okay , " i said ." is jack your friend ?"
" what ? no, no . jack is an ... old friend . somebody i've known for a long time . i'm with my boyfriend now . in tarzana ."
"i'm sorry about jaack . ca i be of any help ? i'm in the valley , not too far from you , i think . i can be there in... " i was close enough to the former edgar rice burrooughs estate that i could see the hazy outlines of the tarzana hills in the distance .
at highway speeds i'd arrive in tarzana in a few minutes . at rush hour ? i didn't know . i said ." twenty minutes ? max ."
she replkied without hesitation ." no , thank you , no . i'm not ...
alone . i'm okay . i just don't think i'm ready to talk to you about ..... yoy know , not today , i'm sorry .i'm really sorry . whatever 's going on with jack is really ..."
"ara , hi .'
shit , i should hace called you mel .
"dr . gregory . i'm - i know i was supposed to meet you you today but .... " she sighed ." jack was supposed to be here last night , but he didn't show up . nobody , knows where he is ...i've been upset . i didn't want to be myself , so i- i am so sorry , i just ...forgot . i am so , so sorry ."
someting that psychotherapists - and 911 dispatchesrs - learn early in theior careers is that upset people often omit crucial context in their descriptions of precipitating events . to wit " cara hadn't said who jack was . her buyfried ? her cat ?
"call me alan , it's okay , " i said ." is jack your friend ?"
" what ? no, no . jack is an ... old friend . somebody i've known for a long time . i'm with my boyfriend now . in tarzana ."
"i'm sorry about jaack . ca i be of any help ? i'm in the valley , not too far from you , i think . i can be there in... " i was close enough to the former edgar rice burrooughs estate that i could see the hazy outlines of the tarzana hills in the distance .
at highway speeds i'd arrive in tarzana in a few minutes . at rush hour ? i didn't know . i said ." twenty minutes ? max ."
she replkied without hesitation ." no , thank you , no . i'm not ...
alone . i'm okay . i just don't think i'm ready to talk to you about ..... yoy know , not today , i'm sorry .i'm really sorry . whatever 's going on with jack is really ..."
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