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.

a seriously debilitating

but he

have spoken to my doctor, Fay,” he says. “There

wrong with me.”

desire to help, push back against my instinct to follow his command. “You have an

at me. “An anxiety disorder? A mental illness?

up terms so they can have

they’re so inadequate.”

pushes himself to his feet. I do too, blocking the door with my body. “It’s not for sissies – it’s an important aspect

health-”

the door so that I’m trapped between him and the exit. “Do you know what would happen to me in

kind weakness

guess, but I

at me. “If they ever

it’d be at the bottom of a lake

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all of my enemies would come – like the carrion birds they are- and pick pick pick-“he taps the top of

to build.”

not

you don’t mind,” he says, still glaring, “I think I’ll decline your offer of mental health services.”