Across Time by Linda Kay Silva

Author:Linda Kay Silva
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781883523916
Publisher: Spinsters Ink Books
Published: 2008-01-10T06:00:00+00:00

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“When was the last time you bought or smoked?” Dr. Dunbar

asked. He wore those goofy black-rimmed glasses that were back in

style and they sat upon a bulbous nose that was pink at the end.

Jessie counted back on her fingers. “Five months ago.”

Dr. Dunbar looked up from his file. His face registered disbelief.

No surprise there. He cleared his throat and ran a hand through jet

black hair that looked as if he had cut it himself. “Then why are you

here now?”

“I jumped bail on another psych visit.”

“Because?”

“Because I don’t need therapy and I had better things to do.”

“Such as?”

Gee . . . like traveling through time. “Meeting new people. Of

course, my folks don’t approve of my new friends, even though one of

them is seventy-something.”

“Really? Why do you suppose that is?”

“Honestly? Because Tanner wears a studded leather jacket, which

makes him a stoner in their judgmental Christian eyes, and Ceara

wears gypsy clothes and reads palms and tarot cards for a living.” Jessie

shrugged. “I suppose being hell-bound disturbs them a bit.”

“You don’t agree with your parents’ religion?”

“I don’t believe in being so goddamned judgmental, no. Ceara is

one of the most fascinating people I have ever met. So what if she reads

tarot cards for a living?”

“And what does that make her in your parents’ eyes?”

“A cuckoo. Look, Dr. Dunbar, I’m here because I’m a victim of my

parents’ misconceptions and erroneous prejudgments of people they do

not know. I haven’t smoked weed in five months because I am through

with that phase of my life. It’s a go-nowhere, do-nothing place that is

a draino. The only problem I’m having is finding someone who will

believe me.”

And so the session went. When it ended, Dr. Dunbar said, “I know

it’s hard to believe at times like these, Jessie, but your parents really are

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on your side.”

“Oh really? Is that why they believed an eleven-year-old stoner over

me?” Jessie held her hand up. “Rhetorical. I already know the answer.”

How long would she would have to play these games with her parents

and these shrinks? After all, time was of the essence, and she had so

little of it to waste.

“Let me ask you this, Doctor: if someone you loved was in danger

and you knew it was within your power to save them, would you let

anyone stand in your way?” Before he could answer, Jessie held up her

hand to stop him. “No questions, no shrink response. Just give me your

honest person-to-person answer.”

Dr. Dunbar set his chin on his hands. “I doubt that I would, no.”

Jessie nodded. “Thank you for that.”

“Is someone you love in danger?”

The question grabbed hold of Jessie’s heart and she realized what

she had said when she posed the question. Someone was in danger, and

yes—yes, she loved them both.

She leaned forward on his desk, her brow furrowed. “Okay, since

I’m here, let’s make the most of this, shall we? I want to talk about

self-love.”

Dr. Dunbar removed his elbows from the desk and leaned back.

“That’s a good place to start.”

Smiling, Jessie nodded. “Yes it is.”

Watching Maeve and Lachlan walk away was one of the hardest

things Cate had ever done.

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