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"Mary, thank God I’m so sorry to call you on this nunized at first syllable "It’s okay"

"It’s Jacob Jacob Golf"

The flood of inforh A client, one struggling to keep his ether, he was someone who never called unless it was to one She didn’t coht I called her cell, she didn’t pick up I texted her, nothing Her sister doesn’t knohere she is"

He was borderline nosis her clients like a psychiatrist, she knew someone was manic when she saw it Or in this case, heard it

"Jacob, calone, Mary"

"Jacob, listen to me You’ve called me instead of the police, so youperson"

Her mind was focused on her job, but the man in the bed beside her leaned close when he heard the word police

"Who’s Jacob?"

"Quiet" Mary waved Glen’s question off and turned to stare at the wall

"Why should you care? You get your check every week And who are you with? I thought you were single?" Jacob started to shout

That had escalated quickly "What happened before Nina left?"

"We fought She’d been out with her friends" He paused "Drinking She looked guiltyI don’t knohat to think"

Mary knew fro sessions with Nina that the woed her to come clean with her husband more than once

That hadn’t happened

"Did she take any of her things with her?"

"No"

Mary rubbed her eyes with her back of her hand It was too early for this "Then she’ll be back Unless you think she’s away against her will"

She waited for Jacob to voice what they both knew

There was ato happen"

Yes, she did, but she wasn’t about to say that aloud "Nina didn’t confide in rew short

"Jacob--"

"You woether I knew better than to trust in a chick to listen to our problems and make them better"

This was always hard to hear, even if she knew all of it was htly unstable mind Sadly, there was more instability out there than not these days At least with those she worked with