You're listening to a Clark's World magazine podcast with your host and narrator Kate Baker.

Greetings Clark's World Citizens and welcome to the third story for the month of May 2024 issue 212.

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Our story is titled,

In Which Karuth is Correct,

by Carolyn Jo. Carolyn Jo is a med student,

speculative fiction writer and retired English major

based in New York City and Chicago.

Her work has been published in Clark's World.

She loves her dog almost as much as her dog loves her.

So my dear listener, I hope you can sit back,

relax, and let me tell you a story. A Story.

You're not meant to fix what happens in the time loops. Doctor's orders and that comes even before they give you the survey and the spiel and the confidentiality speech.

This like fiddles with his tablet in his cozy yellow couch office and talks to you in a very grave and

condescending voice. The tone checks out. What doesn't check out is how young you are and how long this is meant to take.

One year with meds in therapy, he says, one month if we do a more interventionist approach.

Take some time off work. I'll write you a note.

Sure, you say, you can't take time off of work.

There's a client who's a nut, the projects on optimizing company debt,

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