Caressless

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Heru Psy.D. EL. Caressless

New Clientele

Friday

Sandra Sheridan

Session 4

Massage Therapy

Session Five: “The Release”

Beaten to the Punch

Butter to the Rescue

They Call Me Dead

Sandra’s Big Break

Confirmation

The Work Shop

Reunions Deadly Revelation

Pandora’s Box

What Would Mama Do?

Loose Ends

Neighborhood News

Born Killers

One Less Caress

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It was a cold and windy a typical Thursday afternoon in Chicago three weeks before Christmas. The noon sun managed to bring the temperature to a mere 17 degrees up from 9 degrees this morning “The City with Broad Shoulders” was just getting over the sudden death of its beloved Mayor Harold Washington the month prior. The city’s first African American Mayor in its long and storied history. He was highly intelligent as well as articulate. I remember attending one his news conferences and each time he would use one of his million dollar words the press would thumb thru their dictionary’s to find its meaning. The beautiful skyline and classical architectural buildings surround my 19th floor office. It’s amazing how this section of downtown Chicago looks exactly like New York’s downtown with its stone skyscrapers and bold Masonic symbols carved into its facades.

“Well Ms Sheridan do you remember were we left off last session?”

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“Well Doctor while I wash this oil off my hands can you fill out my critique form like a nice client that you are.” “No problem Dr Reynolds.”

I slipped back into my warm blue terry cloth robe and filled out her form and marked very good to excellent on each category. I sat on my maroon velvet pit sofa still a little drowsy from her massage and lay my head back with some the smooth sounds of Lonnie Liston Smith sifting through the air. Out the corner of my eyes I saw a flash of lightning trace thru my blinds looks like a little storm is brewing. I dozed back off momentarily forgetting she was here.

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