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shoulder and I turned around. An older woman stood in front of me. I must have looked surprised at her appearance. She wasn’t what I expected.
She appeared to be amused by my surprise. She was smiling. “Yes, I am Dr. Anna Stevens. Everyone calls me Dr. Anna. You are Sheriff Kola, are you not?” She stuck out her hand.
“I’m sorry. I am Sheriff Kola. I’m sorry I didn’t know you’d be…”
“So old?” s asked, and laughed. “I am 76 by the way, and I look it. I’ve had a good and rewarding life and wouldn’t change anything about it. Let’s get my luggage and get going. I can’t wait to meet Sarah.”
We didn’t have to wait long for her luggage. She only had one small suitcase and that worried me. When she saw me looking at it she said, “I travel light but I am prepared to stay awhile to help Sarah. If I need anything else, I’ll go shopping.”
On the way back to Monroe Beach, Dr. Anna asked me some of the same questions Judith had asked and continued to educate me o MPD. As I watched her, and she became animated about her area of expertise, her whole appearance seemed to change.
She was still an average looking old lady, average height and weight with white thin hair that she wore in a knot on top of her head, and her skin looked like a wrinkled prune from years in the Florida sun. But she was beautiful.
It was like an inner light shown from her and I could see why she had apparently been so successful. Her patients would most certainly open up to her and I was glad to have her for Sarah.
She told me she owned a Psychiatric Hospital on the beach in Jacksonville, Florida. She thought it would be a good place for Sarah.
“It is right on the beach and it has everything, a pool and tennis courts. She’ll feel like she’s at a country club. But she will be expected to attend both group and individual sessions. I will be her individual therapist and a woman named Anita will be her group therapist.
“You can come see her whenever you want. In fact, there are cottages on the grounds where the visitors sometimes stay. Judith is footing the bill and told me that you can stay there as much as you want.
“I’ve got to warn you, Sarah has a rough road ahead of her and there are going to be times when she will want to end it all and will have to be put into isolation, which is like a plush jail cell, with padded walls and a mattress on the floor.
“There are going to be times when she is going to hate you for putting her in there. But when it’s over, and she gets to the other side of her pain and misery, she will be a happy and healthy woman.
“Do you think you can handle all this upheaval? I might want to do some couples therapy with both of you. You are going to grow from this too, Robert.”
I felt overwhelmed and drove in silence until she surprised me by asking, “By the way, Robert, have you ever asked yourself what it is about you that makes you determined to have a woman who isn’t capable of committing to a relationship?”
I opened my mouth but couldn’t think of anything to say.
She laughed. “Don’t worry. You don’t need to answer that. It is something to think about. I can’t help myself. I have to challenge everyone.”
CHAPTER 18
Just like Judith, Dr. Anna had wanted to check in and head over to meet Sarah. She was staying at Lily’s B&B and the two women hit it off right away.
When we got to Sarah’s cell, she was sitting on the cot with her back against the wall. She didn’t even look up when we went in. She acted like she didn’t hear us.
Dr. Anna looked at me and put her finger to her lips. She then tiptoed over to Sarah and, putting her hands close to Sarah’s ear, clapped her hands. Sarah didn’t respond but when Dr. Anna lightly touched Sarah’s arm, she jumped.
Dr. Anna smiled at Sarah and patted her on the arm, then motioned me to the side, “I think we just met the little mute boy but not only can’t he talk, he can’t hear. I’m
She appeared to be amused by my surprise. She was smiling. “Yes, I am Dr. Anna Stevens. Everyone calls me Dr. Anna. You are Sheriff Kola, are you not?” She stuck out her hand.
“I’m sorry. I am Sheriff Kola. I’m sorry I didn’t know you’d be…”
“So old?” s asked, and laughed. “I am 76 by the way, and I look it. I’ve had a good and rewarding life and wouldn’t change anything about it. Let’s get my luggage and get going. I can’t wait to meet Sarah.”
We didn’t have to wait long for her luggage. She only had one small suitcase and that worried me. When she saw me looking at it she said, “I travel light but I am prepared to stay awhile to help Sarah. If I need anything else, I’ll go shopping.”
On the way back to Monroe Beach, Dr. Anna asked me some of the same questions Judith had asked and continued to educate me o MPD. As I watched her, and she became animated about her area of expertise, her whole appearance seemed to change.
She was still an average looking old lady, average height and weight with white thin hair that she wore in a knot on top of her head, and her skin looked like a wrinkled prune from years in the Florida sun. But she was beautiful.
It was like an inner light shown from her and I could see why she had apparently been so successful. Her patients would most certainly open up to her and I was glad to have her for Sarah.
She told me she owned a Psychiatric Hospital on the beach in Jacksonville, Florida. She thought it would be a good place for Sarah.
“It is right on the beach and it has everything, a pool and tennis courts. She’ll feel like she’s at a country club. But she will be expected to attend both group and individual sessions. I will be her individual therapist and a woman named Anita will be her group therapist.
“You can come see her whenever you want. In fact, there are cottages on the grounds where the visitors sometimes stay. Judith is footing the bill and told me that you can stay there as much as you want.
“I’ve got to warn you, Sarah has a rough road ahead of her and there are going to be times when she will want to end it all and will have to be put into isolation, which is like a plush jail cell, with padded walls and a mattress on the floor.
“There are going to be times when she is going to hate you for putting her in there. But when it’s over, and she gets to the other side of her pain and misery, she will be a happy and healthy woman.
“Do you think you can handle all this upheaval? I might want to do some couples therapy with both of you. You are going to grow from this too, Robert.”
I felt overwhelmed and drove in silence until she surprised me by asking, “By the way, Robert, have you ever asked yourself what it is about you that makes you determined to have a woman who isn’t capable of committing to a relationship?”
I opened my mouth but couldn’t think of anything to say.
She laughed. “Don’t worry. You don’t need to answer that. It is something to think about. I can’t help myself. I have to challenge everyone.”
CHAPTER 18
Just like Judith, Dr. Anna had wanted to check in and head over to meet Sarah. She was staying at Lily’s B&B and the two women hit it off right away.
When we got to Sarah’s cell, she was sitting on the cot with her back against the wall. She didn’t even look up when we went in. She acted like she didn’t hear us.
Dr. Anna looked at me and put her finger to her lips. She then tiptoed over to Sarah and, putting her hands close to Sarah’s ear, clapped her hands. Sarah didn’t respond but when Dr. Anna lightly touched Sarah’s arm, she jumped.
Dr. Anna smiled at Sarah and patted her on the arm, then motioned me to the side, “I think we just met the little mute boy but not only can’t he talk, he can’t hear. I’m
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