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they were relieved you were all right. What did she say?”
    “That I thought I was drinking soda, but that someone had put a lot of liquor in it.”
    “And they believed this?”
    I laughed. “Duh. It’s my parents. Of course they did.”
    She clicked her pen again. “What really happened?”
    “I just told you. Weren’t you listening?”
    “I’d like it if you’d elaborate a bit more. You did drink a lot, Amy, but this was the first and only time you ended up in the hospital because of it, right?”
    I shrugged.
    Laurie said, “I’d really like to know what happened,” in a soft voice, like I wasn’t talking because I didn’t want to or couldn’t. It was so annoying.
    “Fine. Julia and I were hanging out with Kevin and this guy he sort of knew, okay? And when I went tothe bathroom, the guy poured grain alcohol into my vodka.”
    “Why?”
    “Um, because he was an asshole.”
    She clicked her pen.
    “I don’t really know why—I didn’t ask him, you know, but it was probably because he got all pissed off when he tried to get me to go check out the bedrooms with him and I said ‘no way.’”
    “And so then—”
    “Then I came back from the bathroom and drank. I didn’t notice what he’d done until—well, I didn’t notice. I passed out, and when Julia woke me up I started throwing up and couldn’t stop. So she took me to the ER.”
    “I see. Was Julia with the boys when you went to the bathroom?”
    “ Guys . They weren’t eleven. God. And yeah, she was. But she was, you know, busy with Kevin and didn’t notice. If she’d noticed…”
    “If she’d noticed, then what?”
    “She would have said something.”
    “What if she did notice?”
    “What?”
    “Is it possible that she knew?”
    “That’s—you—” I couldn’t even talk, I was so angry.
    And what did Laurie do? More freaking pen clicking. “I’m sorry you’re upset, but I’d like you to think about that night. What did you say before you went to the bathroom?”
    “I don’t remember,” I said through clenched teeth.
    But I did. I do. I was bored and not that drunk, had held back because I didn’t like the guy who’d attached himself to me. He was someone Kevin knew a little, which meant absolutely nothing to me because I thought Kevin was a jerk. Plus he had mean eyes.
    After telling him for the fourth time that no, I really didn’t want to go check out the bedrooms with him, I told Julia I wanted to go home. She rolled her eyes but smiled and said, “Okay, fine, have another drink and we’ll go.”
    “Fine,” I said, and did my best to ignore Mean Eyes while I had a swig and then another. And then a few more. After a while, he put his hand on my thigh. I pushed it off and said I was going to the bathroom, knocking Julia’s shoulder as I walked by, hoping she’d get the hint. When I got back Mean Eyes was gone and Julia said, “Got rid of him for you, A. So now ten more minutes is no problem, right?”
    Before I could even answer she’d gone back to making out with Kevin. I went back to drinking, and after a whileI remember looking at the bottle and then at my hands and wondering why I could hardly move them when I hadn’t had that much to drink. I told Julia I felt sort of sick, and after that it’s all blank.
    “You’re sure you don’t remember?” Laurie said.
    “No,” I said, and left. I didn’t care if time was up or not. I just wanted to go.
    I found Mom in the waiting room and told her we could leave. The receptionist asked if I wanted to schedule my next appointment.
    I ignored her and said, “Come on, let’s go,” when Mom tried to walk over to her.
    “Amy?” Mom said, looking surprised, and I said, “I can’t come here anymore. I have to see someone else.”
    Mom frowned, and then asked the receptionist if she could talk to Laurie. She went back to her office. She was gone for a long time.
    When she came back out her mouth was shaking the way it does when she’s really