Your Eyelids Are Growing Heavy
““Gerald Pierce.”
“Jerry, this is Henrietta Snooks. Got a minute?”
“Sure, Snooks. What’s on your mind?”
“I want to find out something, but I’m having trouble wording it so I won’t be asking you to betray a professional confidence. A young friend of mine came to see you the other day—a fellow named Gus Bilinski. Remember him?”
“Indeed I do,” Dr. Pierce answered dryly.
Snooks noted the tone and said, “I know he’s got a problem and he’s hesitant to come to me with it. I’m not asking you to reveal t...he problem—I just want to know if he’s getting help.”
“Not from me, he isn’t.”
“Did you give him some names?”
“I offered to, but he said he had plenty. It wasn’t his problem anyway, Snooks—there’s no professional confidence involved. He just wanted to find out if hypnosis could help in cases of memory loss. He has a friend who suffered a blackout and he wanted to know if I could help her.”
What the hell? “What did you tell him?”
“I turned him down.”MoreLess
“Jerry, this is Henrietta Snooks. Got a minute?”
“Sure, Snooks. What’s on your mind?”
“I want to find out something, but I’m having trouble wording it so I won’t be asking you to betray a professional confidence. A young friend of mine came to see you the other day—a fellow named Gus Bilinski. Remember him?”
“Indeed I do,” Dr. Pierce answered dryly.
Snooks noted the tone and said, “I know he’s got a problem and he’s hesitant to come to me with it. I’m not asking you to reveal t...he problem—I just want to know if he’s getting help.”
“Not from me, he isn’t.”
“Did you give him some names?”
“I offered to, but he said he had plenty. It wasn’t his problem anyway, Snooks—there’s no professional confidence involved. He just wanted to find out if hypnosis could help in cases of memory loss. He has a friend who suffered a blackout and he wanted to know if I could help her.”
What the hell? “What did you tell him?”
“I turned him down.”MoreLess
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