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“No.”
“And where were you born?” He asked.
“I was told Ethiopia. But I always thought I was born in Boston, Massachusetts.”
“Thirty.”
“Date of birth?”
“Unknown. Child protective service gave me the birthdate of January 1, 1982.”
“Are you up to date on all your immunizations?”
“Yes.”
“Have you ever been hospitalized?”
“Once at five, almost six.”
“What was the hospitalization for?”
“I was found with blood covering my body.”
“What occurred?”
“I was shot.”
A pause.
“Where?”
“In my abdomen.”
“How long before you were shot to when you were hospitalized?”
“48 hours.”
“Where did this occur?”
“Our Lady of Mercy, downtown Boston, 1987.”
“Do you remember the diagnosis?”
“No diagnosis. There was only a small scar.”
“Did you have x-rays?”
“Yes.”
“Do you remember any diagnosis?”
“Not that I remember.”
“And you have no hospitalizations since then?”
“No.”
“Any medical conditions? High blood pressure? Diabetes? Mental condition?”
“No. None.”
“Do you have a family doctor?”
“No.”
“When was the last time you were ill with a cold, fever, flu?”
“I don’t ever remember being sick.”
“How often do you have menstruations?”
“Every thirty days.”
“How long?”
“Three days.”
“Any PMS? Cramps?”
“No.”
“When was the last time you have seen a doctor?”
“Health clinic at 16 for my last vaccinations for school.”
“Any side effects?”
“No.”
“Are you taking any medicine, prescribed or over the counter, this includes vitamins?”
“No.”
“Do you exercise?”
“Yes.”
“How often and what?”
“Jog from three to five miles almost daily.”
“Any dental problems?”
“No.”
He paused. “The last time you have seen a doctor was at the age of sixteen and you have not been sick since…”
“I don’t ever remember being sick with a cold or flu.”
Nodding, he looked over the notes he had taken while asking her questions.
“Have you ever felt faint? Light headed?” He asked.
“No.”
“Any sense of something unusual?”
She paused; he and Dr. Downs looked at her. “Yes, every five or six years I get a feeling that something is going to happen. I can’t explain it well.”
“When was the last time you got this feeling?”
“When Enlai found me.”
“And before then?”
“When I moved from Chicago to Seattle.”
“And before then?”
“When I was raped.”
“How old were you when you were raped?”
“Eighteen.”
“Was that your only rape?”
“No. Another at six.”
They both paused, Rain steeled her eyes upon the wall behind the two doctors.
“Any sexually transmitted diseases?”
“No.”
“How many sexual partners have you had?”
“Does that include those that raped me?”
“Yes.”
“Three.”
“Any psychiatric counseling regarding the rapes?”
“No.”
“Do you ever have coldness to your extremities? Numbness?”
“No.”
“Headaches? Nausea?”
“Yes.”
“Migraines?”
“I don’t know. Not really, I don’t know. I had one at eighteen, after my rape. I had one yesterday and today.”
“In what context did they occur?”
“I was reading Song’s mind.”
Their pens both stopped. “Excuse me?” Dr. D’Ares said, one eyebrow cocked.
“I wanted to know what they were talking about, I had, and something had occurred earlier where I was in Enlai’s mind, very briefly. I think he shut me out. When I was in my bedroom, I wanted to see if I could do it again. I thought of Song in my mind, and just drifted to where he was.”
“And where was
“No.”
“And where were you born?” He asked.
“I was told Ethiopia. But I always thought I was born in Boston, Massachusetts.”
“Thirty.”
“Date of birth?”
“Unknown. Child protective service gave me the birthdate of January 1, 1982.”
“Are you up to date on all your immunizations?”
“Yes.”
“Have you ever been hospitalized?”
“Once at five, almost six.”
“What was the hospitalization for?”
“I was found with blood covering my body.”
“What occurred?”
“I was shot.”
A pause.
“Where?”
“In my abdomen.”
“How long before you were shot to when you were hospitalized?”
“48 hours.”
“Where did this occur?”
“Our Lady of Mercy, downtown Boston, 1987.”
“Do you remember the diagnosis?”
“No diagnosis. There was only a small scar.”
“Did you have x-rays?”
“Yes.”
“Do you remember any diagnosis?”
“Not that I remember.”
“And you have no hospitalizations since then?”
“No.”
“Any medical conditions? High blood pressure? Diabetes? Mental condition?”
“No. None.”
“Do you have a family doctor?”
“No.”
“When was the last time you were ill with a cold, fever, flu?”
“I don’t ever remember being sick.”
“How often do you have menstruations?”
“Every thirty days.”
“How long?”
“Three days.”
“Any PMS? Cramps?”
“No.”
“When was the last time you have seen a doctor?”
“Health clinic at 16 for my last vaccinations for school.”
“Any side effects?”
“No.”
“Are you taking any medicine, prescribed or over the counter, this includes vitamins?”
“No.”
“Do you exercise?”
“Yes.”
“How often and what?”
“Jog from three to five miles almost daily.”
“Any dental problems?”
“No.”
He paused. “The last time you have seen a doctor was at the age of sixteen and you have not been sick since…”
“I don’t ever remember being sick with a cold or flu.”
Nodding, he looked over the notes he had taken while asking her questions.
“Have you ever felt faint? Light headed?” He asked.
“No.”
“Any sense of something unusual?”
She paused; he and Dr. Downs looked at her. “Yes, every five or six years I get a feeling that something is going to happen. I can’t explain it well.”
“When was the last time you got this feeling?”
“When Enlai found me.”
“And before then?”
“When I moved from Chicago to Seattle.”
“And before then?”
“When I was raped.”
“How old were you when you were raped?”
“Eighteen.”
“Was that your only rape?”
“No. Another at six.”
They both paused, Rain steeled her eyes upon the wall behind the two doctors.
“Any sexually transmitted diseases?”
“No.”
“How many sexual partners have you had?”
“Does that include those that raped me?”
“Yes.”
“Three.”
“Any psychiatric counseling regarding the rapes?”
“No.”
“Do you ever have coldness to your extremities? Numbness?”
“No.”
“Headaches? Nausea?”
“Yes.”
“Migraines?”
“I don’t know. Not really, I don’t know. I had one at eighteen, after my rape. I had one yesterday and today.”
“In what context did they occur?”
“I was reading Song’s mind.”
Their pens both stopped. “Excuse me?” Dr. D’Ares said, one eyebrow cocked.
“I wanted to know what they were talking about, I had, and something had occurred earlier where I was in Enlai’s mind, very briefly. I think he shut me out. When I was in my bedroom, I wanted to see if I could do it again. I thought of Song in my mind, and just drifted to where he was.”
“And where was
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