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Iher anyway, just for the fun of it Probably should’ve held on to her panties

"I hate you!"

I chuckle "No, you don’t"

Her brown eyes burn into o "I never should have trusted you again"

Keeping her wrists pinned above her, I lean back a little to enjoy the view "Bullshit Best decision you ever made Now listen up, buttercup"

And I start to tell her all the things I should’ve said weeks ago No--years ago

• • •

4 weeks earlier

"I had a weird dreaht"

I pace behind the couch with a racquetball ball in ainst the wall, catch it with one hand, then turn around and head the other way I talk easier, think better when I’

"I was on a beachat least I think it was a beach, I don’t re in the sand"

Bounce, catch, turn

Some people think it’s weak to see a therapist--but they couldn’t bebrass balls to bare your thoughts to another person Your fears, faults, down-and-dirty desires It’s like a workout for the soul It forces you to see yourself--the real you

And I think that’s the problem--most people don’t want to see themselves They prefer to believe they’re actually the person everyone on the outside thinks they are--not the selfish, deviant asshole who’s really calling the shots

"The grains were rough--white, beige, and black, and I kept digging deeper I didn’t knohat I was looking for, but I knehen I found it"

Bounce, catch, turn