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CHAPTER TWELVE



тАЬYou need a sidekick,тАЭ Marc announced. HeтАЩd just finished his second plateful of steak and eggs. I was
sticking with tea and honey.

тАЬIтАЩve already got one,тАЭ I said gloomily. тАЬMy friend Jessica.тАЭ

тАЬI mean a badass, not someone from the secretarial pool.тАЭ

I stuck a finger in his face. тАЬFirst of all, do not mock secretaries, nor their poolsтАФI was a secretary until
last week.тАЭ
 тАЬThen you died?тАЭ

тАЬNo, I was laid off.Then I died. In fact, I should take a drive by the placeтАжitтАЩs probably gone up in
flames by now.тАЭ I chortled evilly. тАЬWhen they laid off the admin staff, they lost the capability to call their
clients, make their computers work, make the sorter on the copy machine work, place orders for office
supplies, update the database, figure out the postage machineтАжoh, the humanity.тАЭ I grinned at the mental
image, then got back to business. тАЬSecond, Jessica is at least twice as smart as anyone sitting at this
table. ThirdтАФcripes, how much are you going to eat?тАЭ During my scolding heтАЩd flagged the waitress.

тАЬIтАЩve been a little too depressed to eat lately,тАЭ he said defensively. тАЬBesides, youтАЩre just jealous.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre right about that. My mom fixed my favorite meal the other night and I threw it up all over her
bathroom.тАЭ

тАЬBut you can drinkтАж?тАЭ He nodded toward my tea.

тАЬApparently. DoesnтАЩt do a thing for meтАжsure doesnтАЩt make me less thirsty. But itтАЩs familiar, you
know?тАЭ

тАЬSure. ThatтАЩs why I stay in the ER. ItтАЩs depressing as hell and you get no closure, but at least I know
where everything is.тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs ridiculous. If youтАЩre so unhappy in that job, leave. Go work in a nice family clinic somewhere.тАЭ

He shrugged, looking down on his plate. тАЬYeah, wellтАжтАЭ

тАЬI mean, it must be hard. Working in a childrenтАЩs hospital.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs unbelievably awful,тАЭ he said gloomily. тАЬYou would notbelieve the evil shit people do to children.тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt want to hear it,тАЭ I said hurriedly.

тАЬI donтАЩt want to talk about it, but itтАЩs all I do. Actually, I want to talk toyou about it. YouтАЩve got toтАФto
feed, right? Well, I could get you a list of abusive parents, the ones who like to use their babies as ash
trays, the ones who decide to press a hot iron to the kidтАЩs back because she slammed the door a little
too hard. And you couldтАФfix things.тАЭ