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I received a message from patient number 12d10 this morning, or I suppose last night.

I'm on the elevator up to my office now. I saw the patient at her normal session time on Thursday.

That was her eighth session, I believe. So this is session 9, I suppose.

Sam, I'm so sorry I'm late. I only got your message this morning. I was already asleep last night

when you called. No, no, it's fine. I'm sorry to bother you on a Saturday. It's perfectly all right.

I'm sorry that Sarah wasn't here to let you into the waiting room. I sometimes work on weekends,

but I'm rarely busy enough to need her here. Why don't you go sit down in the office and I'll just

gather my notes.

So, Sam, how are you this morning? You sounded very overwhelmed on the phone. I'm fine. I'm,

well, I'm still in shock a little bit to be honest. I still can't grip belief what's happened.

Yes, you said you were able to go on a trip on your own? Right. Yes, but that's not even the most

extraordinary part. Okay, well, let's start from the beginning. Okay. So I haven't been able to go

on a trip on purpose since that session of ours last week, and I've been practicing at home every

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