Page 140 of Regal Feather

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I’m going to be done with everything in no time, you’ll see

Ev

Okay

I’m pretty sure therapy isn’t like a race or a competition, though?

Happy for you, obviously

Santos

I know it’s not

I just don’t wanna deal with it longer than I have to

Ev

I get that

But you have to promise you know there’s no shame in going back if that backfires

Santos

It won’t

But yes, I know

She said something like that too

Ev

Good

This means you’re going to get me out of this dinner now? I’m going to die if I listen to my father go on and on about the state of the world any longer

Santos

You do realize I’m thirty minutes away?

Ev

Yes?

Santos

Fine. I’ll call you, pretend it’s a work emergency

Ev

They’ll have questions when it’s not reported back to them

Santos

Sometimes I forget you’re still a goody two shoes under all the skirts and fishnets and lingerie

Ev

Don’t tease me

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