“Hi.”
“Come into my office for a bit.” He cocked his head. “Don’t be nervous.”
“I’m not,” she lied.
Once inside, she sniffed. The room smelled like woodsy male cologne. “Have a seat.” He closed the door then sat behind the desk. “Again, I am sorry about how our night ended the last time we saw each other.”
“I know you are.”
“Like I said in the emails, I’ll still treat you with reiki. But that means we can’t have a personal relationship.”
“When we’re done with the sessions, would you reconsider?”
“No, it’s still unethical.”
“Ah.” Well, she’d have to change his mind. “I don’t like it Finn, but I’ll go along with your terms for now.”
His phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID. “I have to take this.”
“I’ll wait outside.”
She pretended to look at her phone in the reception area, but the door was ajar and she could hear him.
“Hey, honey, how are you doing?”
Honey?
“Do you believe him?...I guess. It’s probably best that he’s staying at the cabin…Fine. I’ll call you tonight. Or I can come over after my session.”
He stopped talking and appeared in the doorway. “I’m ready now.”
They headed into the reiki room. He didn’t dim the lights. “Tonight I’m going to, um, I’m going to…” He took a deep breath and let it out.
“Finn, something’s obviously wrong. I could hear parts of your phone conversation. Are you seeing someone else?”
“What? No. That was my sister.”
“Your twin. Fiona.”
“Yeah. Something’s going on with her. I’m worried. But we can still do this.”
“Tell me what’s happening, first. It’ll make you feel better if you get it out.”
He grasped the arm of the chair. “Fuck. She’s been married ten years to a nice guy, or so we thought.”
“What did he do?”
“He cheated on her.”
“That’s awful.”
“And it wasn’t even over when she found out. The idiot charged some gifts on their joint credit card and she saw it.”
“That had to hurt.”
“Yeah. I happened to go over there. She used to get migraines too, so I gave her a treatment then we talked.”
“What’s she going to do?”
