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woman. She usually listened to reason.
After a moment, the pout shifted to a sly smile. “You really think this outfit is sexy?”
“About as sexy as it gets.” Kate smiled back.
After a few more minutes of Cheryl switching from angry to almost flirtatious, she finally seemed to settle down. As the session was coming to an end, she looked down at her outfit, confusion on her face. “Don’t know what I was thinking when I got dressed this morning. This outfit’s a bit over the top.”
Kate caught herself as her mouth was about to drop open. She stood up and ushered her client to the door.
“See ya next time,” Cheryl said over her shoulder, clicking away on her ridiculously high heels.
Kate flopped back down into her desk chair. She was trying to process what had just happened. Could Cheryl have multiple personalities?
Maybe I’m imagining things, because she came in right after Jim today .
No, there was definitely something going on here. Kate shook her head, then made a note in the file to keep an eye out for additional signs of D.I.D. It was a diagnosis with serious implications, not one to be made in haste.
As she locked up the file, Kate shook her head again to clear it of client issues. She had places to go and sisters to see!
Driving to the airport, she experienced something she hadn’t felt in quite awhile–a light, bubbly feeling in her chest, something akin to happiness.
She’d warned Mary that she would have to go to work next week, having already missed too much time with her clients. She’d even had to schedule Jim and another potentially suicidal client on Monday, Memorial Day. She wasn’t sure either one would make it through a three-day weekend.
Mary had assured her that she could easily occupy her days with shopping and visits with childhood friends. She’d pointed out that stay-at-home moms rarely got vacations from their jobs. She was looking forward to some alone time and being able to shop without squabbling kids along.
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They had a delightful weekend, staying up late, drinking wine and chatting. Mary was regaling her sister with stories of her nieces until she caught the wistful look in Kate’s eye. She changed the subject.
At breakfast Monday morning, Kate handed her a set of keys. “I hope it starts. It hasn’t been driven in awhile.”
With a jolt, Mary realized the keys were to Ed’s Saturn. She faked a nonchalance she didn’t feel. “Whatever. If it doesn’t start, I’ll laze around the house and we’ll deal with it this afternoon.”
Kate gave her a hug and left for work.
The Saturn’s engine turned right over, then coughed and died. On the second try, it stayed running. Mary backed it carefully out of the garage and headed for Towson Town Center to check out the Memorial Day sales.
Two hours later, she returned with a bag of new clothes. Kate wasn’t due home for another hour so she decided to take a nap. She’d come east to check on her sister, yes, but she had every intention of enjoying her vacation from motherhood while she was here.
She had no idea how much time had passed when she was awakened by the faint ding-dong of a doorbell. Groggy, she shuffled into the living room and over to the front door. She couldn’t see out the peephole that Ed had apparently installed at Kate’s eye level.
She tried standing on tiptoes. All she could see was the distorted image of one of the posts holding up the porch roof. The doorbell rang again.
This is ridiculous .
Mary unlocked and opened the door. There was no one there. She stepped closer to the screen door. Then she heard a truck engine roar in the distance.
The UPS guy! They never wait for you. Just ring the bell and take off.
She opened the screen door. Looking down in search of a package, she stepped out onto the porch. And fell into darkness.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Kate caught herself humming to the tune on the radio as she drove home.
Wow, I didn’t think I’d ever hum again. Guess I’m
After a moment, the pout shifted to a sly smile. “You really think this outfit is sexy?”
“About as sexy as it gets.” Kate smiled back.
After a few more minutes of Cheryl switching from angry to almost flirtatious, she finally seemed to settle down. As the session was coming to an end, she looked down at her outfit, confusion on her face. “Don’t know what I was thinking when I got dressed this morning. This outfit’s a bit over the top.”
Kate caught herself as her mouth was about to drop open. She stood up and ushered her client to the door.
“See ya next time,” Cheryl said over her shoulder, clicking away on her ridiculously high heels.
Kate flopped back down into her desk chair. She was trying to process what had just happened. Could Cheryl have multiple personalities?
Maybe I’m imagining things, because she came in right after Jim today .
No, there was definitely something going on here. Kate shook her head, then made a note in the file to keep an eye out for additional signs of D.I.D. It was a diagnosis with serious implications, not one to be made in haste.
As she locked up the file, Kate shook her head again to clear it of client issues. She had places to go and sisters to see!
Driving to the airport, she experienced something she hadn’t felt in quite awhile–a light, bubbly feeling in her chest, something akin to happiness.
She’d warned Mary that she would have to go to work next week, having already missed too much time with her clients. She’d even had to schedule Jim and another potentially suicidal client on Monday, Memorial Day. She wasn’t sure either one would make it through a three-day weekend.
Mary had assured her that she could easily occupy her days with shopping and visits with childhood friends. She’d pointed out that stay-at-home moms rarely got vacations from their jobs. She was looking forward to some alone time and being able to shop without squabbling kids along.
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They had a delightful weekend, staying up late, drinking wine and chatting. Mary was regaling her sister with stories of her nieces until she caught the wistful look in Kate’s eye. She changed the subject.
At breakfast Monday morning, Kate handed her a set of keys. “I hope it starts. It hasn’t been driven in awhile.”
With a jolt, Mary realized the keys were to Ed’s Saturn. She faked a nonchalance she didn’t feel. “Whatever. If it doesn’t start, I’ll laze around the house and we’ll deal with it this afternoon.”
Kate gave her a hug and left for work.
The Saturn’s engine turned right over, then coughed and died. On the second try, it stayed running. Mary backed it carefully out of the garage and headed for Towson Town Center to check out the Memorial Day sales.
Two hours later, she returned with a bag of new clothes. Kate wasn’t due home for another hour so she decided to take a nap. She’d come east to check on her sister, yes, but she had every intention of enjoying her vacation from motherhood while she was here.
She had no idea how much time had passed when she was awakened by the faint ding-dong of a doorbell. Groggy, she shuffled into the living room and over to the front door. She couldn’t see out the peephole that Ed had apparently installed at Kate’s eye level.
She tried standing on tiptoes. All she could see was the distorted image of one of the posts holding up the porch roof. The doorbell rang again.
This is ridiculous .
Mary unlocked and opened the door. There was no one there. She stepped closer to the screen door. Then she heard a truck engine roar in the distance.
The UPS guy! They never wait for you. Just ring the bell and take off.
She opened the screen door. Looking down in search of a package, she stepped out onto the porch. And fell into darkness.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Kate caught herself humming to the tune on the radio as she drove home.
Wow, I didn’t think I’d ever hum again. Guess I’m
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