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 I
want to ask you something before we get started with our session, Laura. I
sense a real physical discomfort in your manner. Can you loosen up a bit?
It's very important that you try to let go a bit of your anxiety so that you
can express enough of your true feelings to make our sessions worthwhile. |
 Why,
do I seem uptight to you? I'm, uh, fine, I just wanted to get an outside
opinion, you know, sometimes... |
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Laura,
you have left your husband and your home, and you are consulting with a
psychiatrist. Which is the reason that I am curious as to just why you are
grinning like a hyena. |
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I
can't help myself, Dr Melfi. It's like my face has frozen in some kind of
horrible rictus. |
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It
is horrible, Laura. Am I correct in assuming that you at least
partially understand why this has happened to you? |
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I
have a very high profile job, Dr Melfi... I guess, maybe not a job, but a
role... You... You might even have seen me before. |
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I
might have, but whether or not I've ever seen you is not relative to our
discussion. |
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It...
It might be. You see, my husband is a very powerful man, and he... well, if
he knew I was here, I just don't know what he would do. |
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I
assure you, Laura, that everything we discuss is in the strictest
confidence. And also understand that I am not intimidated by power. I have
one patient, for example, who is a notorious mob boss. |
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I
wish it were so simple... My husband is something so much worse. |
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You
mean... |
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Yes...
He's the president of the United States. |
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Excuse
my lack of professionalism, but Oh My God, you're that Laura Bush?
Now I know where I've seen you before. Great googledy moogledy, girl, this
session is on the house, and the clock don't have to stop when it hits
fifty-five. You and me need to talk, sister. |
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It's
my husband the president, Dr Melfi. I think he may be insane. |
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Is
this something that you're just beginning to notice? |
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He's
delusional... A few days ago we had a house full of guests, and he just flew
to Iraq in the middle of the night. And... I think he's having an affair
with Reese Witherspoon. |
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Your
husband and Reese Witherspoon? I would think that if that were true it would
be all over the news. |
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Maybe
you're the one that's not thinking clearly, Dr Melfi. My husband can subvert
the electoral process, lie us into a preemptive war, and screw the
Constitution, and the media won't give more than a peep before turning back
to Natalie Holloway and Brangelina. I told you my husband's a powerful man,
Dr Melfi. He's got the entire country living in fear. |
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My
God, you don't need a psychiatrist, you need a hit man. |
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Can
you help me, Dr Melfi? Can you help me? |
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I
know a man... |
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to be continued |
