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"So it will: it can Letto think hard "you've been lying here wondering why me? What did I do?"

"Not exactly," I replied

"Oh? That's a switch Finally, someone who thinks she deserves it?"

"I didn't say that I'm just not all that surprised,' I added

She had a wonderful intense look Her eyes just filled with interest, but not the way Doctor Casey's did Hers arm, excited in a way that made me feel like I was someone important, a discovery "Care to tell me why?" she asked

"I don't k

now if I have the time," I said "I'll check my appointment book"

She laughed

"What happened to you?" I asked her "And don't tell me you fell off a horse"

"No I've never really ridden a horse I've gotten on ponies at fairs is all I'irl I was in a bad car accident A tractor- trailer ran over o They had to cutIf"

"Are you sure you're better off than you could have been?" I asked dryly

"I'hters who keepsorry for myself and I have a successful career Also I love pizza, and from what I've been told by psychics, there isn't any on the other side You don't even want it!"

I stared at her a , I just let it go on a little longer

"So," she said settling in her wheelchair "Tell me your story"

She was a good listener, never looking like her thoughts andering or like she was thinking why did I start with this girl in the first place? She asked many questions and made some notes in a small pad Maybe I was starved for conversation Maybe I had been shut up inbut I found what seeet it all out It was like puncturing a swollen spot onall the pus leak out I skipped around, of course, and tried to include only the events and people that had the nificance