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Lisa shrugs "Well, I slept like a log last night Cory said I snored"

"It’s probably all the stress," I say "And the flu, leaving your body Is that Tabasco sauce or ketchup on that burrito?"

"Both," she says, shovelingday ahead of us That Fooman--"

"Muffy," I say "Head of media relations"

"Whatever She thinks it’s in our best interest to keep Jasmine’s death out of the press because of Prince Rashid and the anie community"

"Gee," I say, sarcastically "You think?"

"So we can’t send out aone of the RAs died, even though I understand that’s what the college does under norrief counselors available if anyone feels the need to see one, though Dr Flynn and Dr Kilgore are going to be here all day, for any residents or staff ant to talk about what happened That includes you, by the way"

I turn el, to stare at her "Me? Why would I need to talk to anyone?"

"Heather, you sat with a young girl’s dead body all day yesterday," Lisa says "Then you went hoo, dropped by unannounced I think there’s a possibility you ht need to talk to a mental health specialist There’s no shaot o sometimes It’s fun"

"Fun?" I can’t stop staring at her "How is telling some shrink your darkest secrets fun?"

"That’s not the fun part," Lisa says "It’s that the shrinks sometimes point out that stuff you didn’t think was that important probably really is important, and after it’s been pointed out, you realize all these ways you’ve been sabotaging your own life Likeyou when you were in your late teens, even though you think you’re over it, and that’s what makes you feel so overprotective of the kids who live here, who are also in their late teens"

"Of course I have issues about my mom," I say, maybe a little more defensively than I mean to "I don’t need a shrink to point that out I’ relationships with their mothers I’ll never have that But that doesn’t mean I’the up the tin foil her burrito had been wrapped in--a Sheup soa perfect three-pointer into the trash basket "Forget I everset up this afternoon with a candidate for Jasmine’s position who Dr Jessup swears will be perfect"

"Wow," I say "That was fast"