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"For all of us?"

"Part of the package," Ja therapy in conjunction with talk therapy, yadda yadda yadda" And then it was his turn He took two little paper Dixie cups froht

"Hi, Wayne," Jamie said cheerfully

"Hello, Jamie"

"Bottoms up" Jamie tossed the contents of one cup back, then the other

Wayne glanced at me then "You’re next"

"I’ me two cups I peered into them One was filled ater, the other with pills Unfanized only one

"What are these?" I asked him

"Your meds"

"But I’m not on all of these"

"You can talk to Dr Kells about that later, but for now, you gotta take ’em"

I narrowed"Go on, now"

I tossed them back and sed

"Open your mouth," he said

I did as I was told

"Good work"

Do I get a gold star? I didn’t say it, but I wished I had Instead, I trudged after Jahed

Just as I was beginning to think this place ht not be so terrible, Dr Kells appeared in the corner of the room and called my name

"Good luck," Jamie said as I rose froht and worse , I knew the script well I could pull this off

As I left the dining roohtened around my wrist and pulled me into a niche My eyes followed thelanced behind me; ere out of view

"You’re welcome," she said tonelessly

I wrenched my arm away "For what?"

Phoebe’s face was a blankyour eyes"

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SO PHOEBE THE PSYCHO SCRATCHED MY EYES OUT Not Jude

I was relieved and angry at once Jude took the pictures andand awful, yes

But I was glad he hadn’t scratched out my eyes I didn’t know quite why, but I was

Phoebe drifted away before I could say anything else I took a deep breath and followed Dr Kells down the long corridor, but it felt like the walls were closing in Phoebe had unbalanced et control