Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
“I’d first employed her in 1980 to collect my mail and pay my bills while I was on a year’s sabbatical, living and writing in Asia and Europe. When I returned, Molly soon grew dissatisfied with her bit role and little by little began to insinuate herself into all my domestic matters. Soon she was managing all our financial and household affairs, paying bills, taking care of correspondence, and filing papers, manuscripts, and contracts. She discharged my gardener and installed her own gardening t...eam and, later, her own team of painters, and cleaners, and handymen—though, if the job were small, she insisted on doing it herself.
There was no stopping her. One day I came home to find several trucks in our driveway and Molly at the base of a huge oak, calling to a man a hundred feet above, telling him which branches to saw off. I was surprised that she was not up in the tree herself. She insisted that she had discussed this project with me, but I was certain she had not.MoreLess
There was no stopping her. One day I came home to find several trucks in our driveway and Molly at the base of a huge oak, calling to a man a hundred feet above, telling him which branches to saw off. I was surprised that she was not up in the tree herself. She insisted that she had discussed this project with me, but I was certain she had not.MoreLess
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