forty one
reading between the lines is part of what therapists do . i like to think 'm better at it than most people . but most of the time i;m objective enough to admit that being better at it than most didn't make me good .
the dots that needed connecting were becoming more obvious to me while mel talk , like stars appearing in the night sky as layers of clounds cleard . i could draw lines between the dots , but the clarity of a constellation eluded me . i said ." you saw eric with either lisa or jaana the night before ? that's what you're saying ?"
i intentionally left a couple of things out of my conclusion .one was that the mysterious jules likely saw whatever mel saw that night . and the second wasd that whoever the two women saw with jaana agter dark had to be considered a possible witness - or worse - to whatever ultimately happened to her .
i wasn't at all clear where jack =fit into the equation . mel said he'd seen jaana too .and that he'd helped clarify what she and jules had seen .
"i didn't say that ." mel said , in reply to my question .
i was on familiar ground . i was lost .
it was apparent that mel was choosing her words with the care of a white house spokesperson . she was interested in appearing cooperative ; she wasn't interested in being illuminating ." i didn't say that " wasn't exactly a denial of what i had proposed .
as she circled the narrative wagons . mel pulled the throw tighter arounsd her .
reading between the lines is part of what therapists do . i like to think 'm better at it than most people . but most of the time i;m objective enough to admit that being better at it than most didn't make me good .
the dots that needed connecting were becoming more obvious to me while mel talk , like stars appearing in the night sky as layers of clounds cleard . i could draw lines between the dots , but the clarity of a constellation eluded me . i said ." you saw eric with either lisa or jaana the night before ? that's what you're saying ?"
i intentionally left a couple of things out of my conclusion .one was that the mysterious jules likely saw whatever mel saw that night . and the second wasd that whoever the two women saw with jaana agter dark had to be considered a possible witness - or worse - to whatever ultimately happened to her .
i wasn't at all clear where jack =fit into the equation . mel said he'd seen jaana too .and that he'd helped clarify what she and jules had seen .
"i didn't say that ." mel said , in reply to my question .
i was on familiar ground . i was lost .
it was apparent that mel was choosing her words with the care of a white house spokesperson . she was interested in appearing cooperative ; she wasn't interested in being illuminating ." i didn't say that " wasn't exactly a denial of what i had proposed .
as she circled the narrative wagons . mel pulled the throw tighter arounsd her .
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