Bear, Otter, & the Kid 03 - The Art of Breathing by TJ Klune

Author:TJ Klune
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-06-16T04:00:00+00:00

16.

Where Tyson Learns the Benefit of Therapy

“YOU KNOW,” Bear says, “it wouldn’t be that hard to find a new therapist. If you really wanted to.”

“I thought you liked Eddie,” I say, dropping my cereal bowl into the sink.

“Bear still hasn’t gotten over their first meeting,” Otter says, flipping through the newspaper. “It scarred him irrevocably, and he’ll never be the same. At least that’s what he says. I think he’s just a bit of a drama queen.”

Kori laughs quietly, her hair pulled back into a ponytail. We’ve only been home a few weeks, yet she’s gone from Corey to Kori and back again more times than I’ve seen in years past. Something has to be bothering her, but I’ve been so wrapped up in my own drama (what else is new) that I haven’t had time to ask her about it. We’ve only got a couple of weeks left until we leave for Tucson, and I need to see to it sooner rather than later.

“Drama queen?” Bear says, the outrage in his voice clear. “He asked me if I wanted to be sodomized with a baseball bat!”

“I don’t think that’s exactly how it went,” Otter says.

“Though that’s probably not too far from the truth if it’s about Eddie,” I remind him. Eddie Egan isn’t exactly what I would call a typical therapist. His ideology tends to be a bit warped. To be honest, I’m surprised his license hasn’t been revoked. But he’s the one who’s known me the longest out of the therapists I’ve been to, and he’s really not all that bad. Most of the time.

“You guys know the weirdest people,” Kori says. “Why would a therapist want to know if you wanted to have baseball-bat sex?”

“I don’t know,” Bear says. “It was just this whole… thing. And it’s not my fault all these kinds of people keep flocking to us. I’m the normal one here.”

We all stare at him.

“What? I am.”

“Normal is not something I’d use to describe you,” I say.

“Definitely not,” Kori agrees.

“And that is said with the utmost amount of love,” Otter says without looking up from the paper. “Well, as much love as can be given while saying you’re abnormal at the same time.”

“I hate you all,” Bear mutters.

“This is why I have to go to therapy,” I explain to Kori. “The family dynamic is such that there was no hope for me to have a sane adulthood. I’m a product of my environment.”

“If that’s true,” Bear says, “you probably would have turned out to be a serial killer or a hooker, with the environment you had. You’re lucky you’re reasonably well-adjusted. For the most part.”

“Reasonably,” I repeat. “That’s a relief.”

“Isn’t it?”

Sort of. But I don’t know how close to the truth that actually is. There are probably all sorts of psychological diseases I could be diagnosed with, not to mention the fact that I seem to still have parental issues and the fact that it’s been three days since I ran out on Dominic and haven’t seen hide nor hair from him.

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