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arm, my mother has been schizophrenic for 10 years, and my ex-husband works
on Wall Street. I know a thing or two about dealing with assholes."
"I see," I said and knew immediately that it was the wrong thing to say.
Dolly teetered out from behind the podium like some prehistoric bird, her beak-
like nose pecking the space in front of me.
"Lover, what's your name?"
"Mary," I told her and leaned on my heels to escape the finger that hooked
toward my jaw line.
"Mary, I'm a busy woman. I run sixteen of these joints. Thirty-two people
work under me, and I have twelve more appointments today. You want to tell me
why you're here?"
"Well, I came with my mother, but I just don't understand what exactly it is
that you do." I plunged my hand in my pocket and found the crystal, scratched
the surface with my fingernails.
Dolly stood upright and looked down at me, her glasses slipping to the end
of her nose. "I'll tell you exactly what I do, sugar plum. I give perspective. People
come to me because someone in their life has a twisted point of view.
Sometimes people can't see what's right in front of them. You get me,
Mary?" Her heels clacked as she adjusted her weight. "It might be a close friend,
a coworker, a boss. Most often, though, it's a family member. How about that
mother of yours?" she asked. "Could she use some perspective?"22
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Miller, Laura I. “Almost Astronauts”: Short Stories, thesis, May 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115120/m1/26/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .