Sins of the Mother (2010)
“Brian said, “I’m the man.” He leaned back on the leather couch, crossed his legs, and grinned at his therapist.
But although Brian was smiling so wide that the doctor could see all thirty-two of his pearly whites, her face was as stiff as her white-blond bouffant hair.
Shaking her head, the thin-lipped, Cinderella-looking therapist warned, “Be careful. I told you before, don’t make Alexis your new addiction.”
Brian had to resist jumping up and marching right out of there. But even though he gla...red, letting her see his disapproval, the doctor continued, “You know the danger of replacing one addiction with another,” she said.
“I don’t get it.” Moving to the edge of the couch, he cupped his hands together. “That’s what this therapy has been about. Making sure I didn’t use sex as a stress reliever—and finding something else to replace that urge.”
She pointed her pen at him. “The key word is something, not someone. Your relationship with Alexis—or anyone else—has to be based on love, not on the chase.”MoreLess
But although Brian was smiling so wide that the doctor could see all thirty-two of his pearly whites, her face was as stiff as her white-blond bouffant hair.
Shaking her head, the thin-lipped, Cinderella-looking therapist warned, “Be careful. I told you before, don’t make Alexis your new addiction.”
Brian had to resist jumping up and marching right out of there. But even though he gla...red, letting her see his disapproval, the doctor continued, “You know the danger of replacing one addiction with another,” she said.
“I don’t get it.” Moving to the edge of the couch, he cupped his hands together. “That’s what this therapy has been about. Making sure I didn’t use sex as a stress reliever—and finding something else to replace that urge.”
She pointed her pen at him. “The key word is something, not someone. Your relationship with Alexis—or anyone else—has to be based on love, not on the chase.”MoreLess
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