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Show 151 It is Dr. Jessop "I thought you were on vacation..." I am saying. T heard you were here," he is saying, "so I came in." I have asked to see Dr. Emerson, even though Dr. Jessop has returned to take over my care. Dr. Emerson is only poking his head around the door as if to say "hi." "Is there any way you could be my doctor?" I am blurting out, before he leaves forever. He is coming into the room, closing the door against anyone's hearing this request who might be on the other side. He is not smiling. "I can't take over your care now that Dr. Jessop is back," he is saying, shaking his head rapidly, as if my request itself was perched on the edges of his hair, a dried leaf from an autumn wind that he needed to remove. "But what if I fire Dr. Jessop?" I am begging. "Can't I hire you?" |
