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Mort sat on the couch in Dr. Harris� office. He wrung his hands together nervously and
popped his jaw once or twice.

�I�m not here to judge you, Mort,� Dr. Harris said
reassuringly. �I�m here to help.�

Mort looked up.
�I know, I just�I never saw myself getting to a point like this.�

�That�s very understandable, most people
don�t.� Dr. Harris sat in his
chair. �Some people know why they come
to me, others�well, sometimes they know there�s something wrong, but they just
can�t pinpoint it. Mort, do you know
why you�re here?�

Mort nodded.
�Yes.�

Dr. Harris smiled.
�I couldn�t have asked for a better start. As soon as you feel comfortable enough, tell me. Please remember, there is no judging and there�s
not much that I haven�t already heard � do not think that you are abnormal in
any way.�

Tell him.
Tell him everything. Scratch
that�you don�t even know everything.
Tell him what you told Alex, at least to start.

�There are voices,� Mort said softly. �In�in my head.� Mort looked up at Dr. Harris, he nodded, encouraging him to go
on. �Two of them�two are mine, I
suppose it�s what anyone has in their mind, you know? The �what if I do this� sort of thoughts and the �don�t do that
you idiot� thoughts.�

�Indeed, nothing more than one�s conscience really,
though everyone�s is different.�

�There�s another e the though, and it�s not
mine. It has its own personality, its
own drawl, its own�wants I�I guess.�
Mort proceeded to tell Dr. Harris everything he had told Alex about John
Shooter.
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Dr. Harris looked deep in thought when he said,
�Mort, what is it that you�re not telling me?�

Mort�s eyes opened widely. �You think I�m leaving something out?� Dr. Harris nodded. �Why?�

�Am I correct?�

�Are you going to lock me up?� Mort asked quickly.

Dr. Harris smiled.
�No. Tell me what else has
happened.�

Mort moved his body more toward the edge of the
couch; he was barely sitting on it now.
�Alex won�t know?�

�Whatever you say is only between the two of us.�

�Sometimes I�I�ve seen him. I�ve seen John Shooter.�

�Seen him?
As in?�

Mort got up and began to pace. �As in he came to my home and knocked on my
door! As in he called me, trying to
convince me that I stole a story of his!�

�Calm down, Mort.�

Mort realized the tone he�d taken. �I�m sorry,� he said calmly.

�It�s all right.
So, you�ve interacted with this voice � he�s taken form?�

�Yes,� Mort said, feeling utterly embarrassed.

Why did you say that, Mr. Rainey?

Dr. Harris watched as Mort�s faced drained itself of
all color. �Mort?�

Mort took a deep breath. �All I want is for my life to be back to normal.�

�Is this a recent occurrence?�

�Not exactly, it happened once, then went away�now
it�s � he�s � back.�

Dr. Harris looked at Mort and tried to read his
body. �Can you go on or would you
rather stop?�

�I�m fine,� Mort insisted.

Remember those words, Mr. Rainey.

�When did all of this start?�

�I caught my ex-wife cheating on me. I moved out and after a few months, it started.�

�I can imagine that your stress level must have been
elevated?�

Mort nodded.
�I couldn�t write, I was living alone, and she and the bastard she�she
and Ted wouldn�t stop hassling me about the divorce papers.�

�And this is when you saw �John Shooter?��

Mort nodded.
�All I could do was sleep and be paranoid about some psychopath that
thought I�everything from then is such a blur.
I only remember fragments of it.�

�But it stopped?�

Mort nodded again.
�As soon as I signed the papers.�

�Then what happened?�

�After a while, I couldn�t stand being in that cabin
anymore. I sold it and moved here.�

�And �John Shooter?��

�Gone�until I started seeing Alex.�

�Alex?� Dr.
Harris was caught off-guard.

�I was nothing but nerves when we first started
dating. I�d hear random thoughts here
and there, but those left too.�

�Until?�

Mort felt like he was somehow betraying Alex, but he
had to figure out what was happening to him.
�Alex and I started getting really close and she got scared � we both did
� and she asked for some �time�, which usually feels like a death warrant. She meant it though; I knew she did. Shooter though, he wormed his way out
somehow and was trying to convince me that Alex was cheating on me.�

Mort became all but offended. �No!
I knew she wasn�t Amy�but he wouldn�t leave me alone. I went to her and�I told her everything. Now I�m here.�

�Mort, I think your problem lies in the stress
you�re putting yourself under.�

�Stress? Dr.
Harris, I already knew that I was stressespanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes">
Mort was beginning to wonder why he agreed to this.

�What I mean is that instead of venting out the
frustration, you seem to let it manifest.�

�It can�t be that simple,� Mort insisted. �He�s not just stress, he can�t be!�

�Mort��

�He can�t be�you can�t hear what he�there are
threats and��

�Are you willing to try medication?�

�Anything��

Dr. Harris began to scribble on a pad. �Try this for a week, it�s for stress
reduction. If nothing changes, then
we�ll try something more extensive.�

�Extensive?�

�I don�t want to jump to any conclusions. I firmly believe that stress is the
troubling factor here.�

Mort ran his fingers through his hair. �A week, fine�I just hope that you�re
right.� The men shook hands and Mort
returned to the waiting room. He felt
lighter than he had before, thanks to getting things out into the open with
someone, but he just couldn�t believe that stress would make him see things.

�How was it?� Alex asked.

�Apparently, I�m stressed. He helped you?�

�He did. I�m
sorry if this didn�t��

�No, no�� He
caressed Alex�s face. �I�m going to
come back. I�m going to take care of
whatever this is. Hell, if it is
stress, then there�s nothing to worry about right?�

Alex smiled.
�Right.�

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Author�s Note: Therapy � not the most exciting chapter, but necessary. I have two chapters completed that are huge
factors (and a bit intense) already written, but can�t post them yet, so hang
in there, more excitement and drama are coming, I promise!
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