The Double Bind
“Worse, the small children in the room with them were coughing and wheezing and sneezing. He wanted them quarantined somewhere far, far away from Marissa—who, at the moment, felt just fine. In fact, she was practically the only kid in her class who did not have strep throat. The only reason they were here was because a cut on the pinkie toe on her right foot wasn’t healing: too much time, he guessed, with sneakers, tap shoes, and ballet slippers rubbing against it.
Marissa, of course, was absolu...tely thrilled that the only moment their HMO-sanctioned pediatrician could see her was on a Friday morning—when she was supposed to be in math class. She sat beside him now on the orange Naugahyde couch, her uninjured foot curled up on the cushions beneath her thigh and her head buried in a Cosmo Girl! magazine that her father thought was completely inappropriate for this waiting room. ( Just where, he wondered, was Highlights when you needed it?) He feared her silence had to do with the usually forbidden things she was getting to read about in the magazine.MoreLess
Marissa, of course, was absolu...tely thrilled that the only moment their HMO-sanctioned pediatrician could see her was on a Friday morning—when she was supposed to be in math class. She sat beside him now on the orange Naugahyde couch, her uninjured foot curled up on the cushions beneath her thigh and her head buried in a Cosmo Girl! magazine that her father thought was completely inappropriate for this waiting room. ( Just where, he wondered, was Highlights when you needed it?) He feared her silence had to do with the usually forbidden things she was getting to read about in the magazine.MoreLess
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