den. She had misunde

n the whole of her emotions in his years with her, b

our client, not your high

I was

ized about your client whi

did

process and besides, this is a perfectly normal reaction. Therapists feel attracte

ke this but at least it would keep him off the scent of the thorny issue of being bribed

ugh my mind. Just for

with me the image that 'f

something it meant that therapy would go

sigh

d again and she felt a thrill of

hought. He's just a guy not so

ring at her, still waiting for

about the

rathe

l in nature?

im fucking me on the

dn't

attractive client in your life, Eddie. Come on, y

elestia. Did something specific g

ed back in

nds there was a crackle of static electrici

your c

had the image of

you, " he s

he alwa

thou

only talk about certain thin

o go into any

a, this is goin

p of me, " sh

was lost in it, as though he

felt her nipples swell against her blouse

s just

like this and no client, hell no man

f words, "to fuck you, " he said as though the coarsene

y else would I have

mally fantasize about att

ver have. It has ne

eath. Good therap

him to, but then it was more than I could have imagined. T

g rapid, her heart beginning to race. David's pr

, a laughable geek. I thought I loved him because he was everything I wasn't athletic, popular

e his name. No breach of confident

know better, but it didn't seem

etter seemed to be growing

t there's a simple plan of action here.

ear went th

rk together. It won't help either him or you and the

d never forbidden her

er

't in his therap

percussions on your ethics committee hearing if it gets out that y

t? What do you

tion was also with

on Eddie, I thought we h

roughs. You have to set this denial aside once and for all and acknowledge that what you did was wrong, learn from it, and then change

underst

as re

amed her actions in these terms. She felt as though the ground were being taken away from under her feet;

hing wrong, Eddie

les

ped her

for this denial of

e while she tried to square up this

aid finally in

ight..." her vo

I meet with them in advance of your hearing, " his voice was filled with dis

at him in

I go

time is totally for your benefit. Of course, you

and walked o

gettin

cour

Eddie escorted to the office door and the

lready up so this is jus

is was something he had never done before--something totally unprofessional and almost exactly the same act

m her forehead and then

ing to be okay Ce

.. I'm not sure

arms and looked at her wi

right, "

ow it felt

u're going with this

ust... sometimes as a therapist... as a person, you want to give more than just words. You

mfort a man who had been badly treated by life and who was falling apart in front

n of human comfort against Eddie, one of

ly I do. It's just been a diffi

with just the glimmer

e, " he pulled her in close again and squeez

ou as I do, " he said

tomach tightened another not