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(Winona)

Dr. Barnaby Greyson, M.D., Ph.D.

Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst

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Guiding the Minds Behind the Headlines

I hover outside his office door, reading the name over and over. This is it. My nerves are toast. My hands clammy and my heart rate like a racehorse who just finished a steeplechase.

I look at Jayden beside me and he looks exactly like I feel.

His eyes meet mine. "We got this."

I nod. "We got this."

We step inside together and a receptionist asks us to take a seat after she takes our names.

We both sit in silence. I'm sure the clock on the wall is on high volume as the seconds tick over.

Then out he steps. He's younger than I imagined. Not even any gray kissing his hair. I'm not sure he's much older than us. Maybe he has a good hair colorist and does Botox or something.

peering over his glasses like he is actually one hundred

"Take a seat," he says as

expected in here, with plush chairs and a soothing earthy color palette.

silence stretching out like a taut

have no clue

I'd

he looks from Jayden to me and back again. He nods his head like he

explode and blurt out

and

what's brought you both here. By the media reports, you both should

I stare at him.

his staid face. "But that's why you pay me the big bucks. I wish I could say you're the worst cases I've had but sadly not. I think you're

really not sure if I should laugh or cry. Doing both will

holds his hands up

starts

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knew Dr. Greyson, my

my eyebrows in

the world, doesn't mean I don't have father issues. Sure as hell never

but laugh at him this time. Jayden

together until Barnaby stops and stares right at us both in turn, his voice dead serious, "this

glance at Jayden, searching his face for some sign of how he's feeling. I wonder if he's as confused as I am right now. Not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't this. Jayden looks at me, and

can say whatever you need to say without fear of judgment. But I also want to be

unforgiving. I'm not sure I'm ready for that, but then again, when

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