There were worry lines around his childlike eyes. Well, let's just give up for today. In fact, let's take a vacation. Exams begin soon and I need the time. I didn t say anything about a suspicion that was forming in my mind.
Therapeutic relationships can take odd twists and turns.
Stutterers, for instance, often fall in love with their speech therapists. That was exactly what I meant. Only the greatest professional restraint kept me nodding sympathetically. I closed his folder decisively. He unwound from the chair and his body was silhouetted against the file cabinets in crazy angles I couldn't decipher.