"what 's she like ?" he asked . he glanced toward the backseat. at amy ," she's kind of hot."
oh god . what's the right answer to that question? thast she's a saint ? that she's a bitch ? that she's not that attractive ? how do i keep this man from mistaking his dominance over her for lyust ?
"i just met her today ," i said .
"yeasterday ."
he dropped it ," you're a shrink , tell me something - how is it that a thing can go well for so long and he all of a sudden turn to crud ?"
in my office with a patient , i would have sat silently . waiting for more . at most , i might have said ," tell me ." i was so not i my office . i decided to be a little bit more assertive ." your life ?" i gueessed .
he contemplated for a moment ."i got into thingf . maybe shouldn't have - it was impulsive like - but i did it .i convinced myself i had a fall guy m, you know the guy i'd pin it on if things got tight . things got tight. i should have seen it coming . din't , whatever .i got out of the thing , getting out wasn't easy , wasn't pretty . but i did . still had my fall guy , like an ace up my sleeve . life was okay then . life , you know ?" he made a dismissive sound with his lips."it's always some kind of mess .now the darn thing has crawled back out of the grave ansd won't leave me alone . i don't think i'm going to get away from from it this time .i just don't think i am ."
"your fall guy ?"
"my fall guy didn't say anything of them . i said ." you could leyt us go . that might hewlp ."
he chuckled ." nice try . see , i think i could get lucky again , doing this same exax=ct thing earned me a few years last time i was here . maybe it will work this time too . though this one has more variables . the variables geyt you . they do ."
oh god . what's the right answer to that question? thast she's a saint ? that she's a bitch ? that she's not that attractive ? how do i keep this man from mistaking his dominance over her for lyust ?
"i just met her today ," i said .
"yeasterday ."
he dropped it ," you're a shrink , tell me something - how is it that a thing can go well for so long and he all of a sudden turn to crud ?"
in my office with a patient , i would have sat silently . waiting for more . at most , i might have said ," tell me ." i was so not i my office . i decided to be a little bit more assertive ." your life ?" i gueessed .
he contemplated for a moment ."i got into thingf . maybe shouldn't have - it was impulsive like - but i did it .i convinced myself i had a fall guy m, you know the guy i'd pin it on if things got tight . things got tight. i should have seen it coming . din't , whatever .i got out of the thing , getting out wasn't easy , wasn't pretty . but i did . still had my fall guy , like an ace up my sleeve . life was okay then . life , you know ?" he made a dismissive sound with his lips."it's always some kind of mess .now the darn thing has crawled back out of the grave ansd won't leave me alone . i don't think i'm going to get away from from it this time .i just don't think i am ."
"your fall guy ?"
"my fall guy didn't say anything of them . i said ." you could leyt us go . that might hewlp ."
he chuckled ." nice try . see , i think i could get lucky again , doing this same exax=ct thing earned me a few years last time i was here . maybe it will work this time too . though this one has more variables . the variables geyt you . they do ."
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