Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

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“They’re really common,” I continue, “but not usually to this extent. But we learned, in my program, that when they’re really severe they can present with the intensity of a heart attack…”

He doesn’t look at me or say a word. I bite my lip, feeling suddenly sorry for him. I can’t help it. I’ve never really been able to see another person in pain and not want to help them.

“You know,” I say quietly. “There are doctors that can help you with this sort of thing. You shouldn’t suffer like this, if they happen all the time.”

“I don’t need to see a doctor.” He says, his voice determined.

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I roll my eyes at him, a gesture I’m not sure I’d make if he were looking at me.

“Well, if you don’t want to see a doctor,” I say, hesitating again. “Maybe I could help?”

He lifts his head, his eyes open now. “How could you possibly help me.”

I purse my lips, frustrated. “I mean, I am a trained therapist. I wouldn’t think you’d forget that, considering it’s how we met.”

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He laughs a little. “Yes, Fay’s little certificate,” he says, his voice

derisive.

can be a

he interrupts

Fay,” he says. “There is

wrong with me.”

and my desire to help, push back against my instinct to follow his command. “You have an anxiety disorder, Kent,” I say, my voice

just laughs at me. “An anxiety

so they can have an excuse for

they’re so inadequate.”

pushes himself to his feet. I do too, blocking the door with

health-”

flat against the door so that I’m trapped between him and the exit. “Do

kind weakness in

I can guess, but I choose silence.

says, glaring at me. “If they ever

of a lake with cinder blocks

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carrion birds they are- and pick pick pick-“he taps the top of my head, like a little bird pecking –

to build.”

not knowing

“I think I’ll