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“They’re really common,” I continue, “but not usually to this extent. But we learned, in my program, that when they’re really severe they can present with the intensity of a heart attack…”

He doesn’t look at me or say a word. I bite my lip, feeling suddenly sorry for him. I can’t help it. I’ve never really been able to see another person in pain and not want to help them.

“You know,” I say quietly. “There are doctors that can help you with this sort of thing. You shouldn’t suffer like this, if they happen all the time.”

“I don’t need to see a doctor.” He says, his voice determined.

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I roll my eyes at him, a gesture I’m not sure I’d make if he were looking at me.

“Well, if you don’t want to see a doctor,” I say, hesitating again. “Maybe I could help?”

He lifts his head, his eyes open now. “How could you possibly help me.”

I purse my lips, frustrated. “I mean, I am a trained therapist. I wouldn’t think you’d forget that, considering it’s how we met.”

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He laughs a little. “Yes, Fay’s little certificate,” he says, his voice

derisive.

this can be a seriously

he

to my doctor, Fay,” he

wrong with me.”

push back against my instinct to follow his command. “You have an anxiety

at me. “An anxiety disorder? A

those up terms so they can have an excuse

they’re so inadequate.”

he pushes himself to his feet. I do too, blocking the door with

health-”

door so that I’m trapped between him and the exit. “Do

some kind weakness

hesitate. I can guess,

be dead, Fay.” He says, glaring at me. “If they ever found my

the bottom of a lake with cinder blocks for

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enemies would come – like the carrion birds they are- and pick pick

to build.”

up at him, not knowing what

says, still glaring, “I think

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