Page 4 of Private Treatment

"Oh, but I do, Doctor!"

"And if I tell you that any dishonesty or disobedience on your part merits punishment?"

Knew it.

"What say you then?"

And I am so, so down for it.

"It will be as you wish, Doctor."

"Ah."

Will it make me seem obsessed...if I say Ilovethe sound of his 'ah'?

"Your obedience pleases me, Temptation, but...I wonder. Have you also been honest with me all this time?"

I don't say a word, and Dr. Somebody clucks his tongue.

"So you lied to me, after all."

"Yes, Doctor."

The words feel even more sinful this time, with my voice all soft and tremulous.

"I did lie to you," I admit in a small voice, "and I'm sorry that I did."

"I accept your apology," he acknowledges, "but you must understand that I can't in all good conscience leave it at that."

Remember that you're dumb, Leah.

You're dumb! Dumb! Dumb!

And so I hear myself say—-

"I understand."

"Just as good deeds must be rewarded, bad deeds cannot go unpunished."

"Oh no."

I actually feel rather impressed at how frightened I sound.

"Are you saying you intend to punish me?"

"What else can a good doctor do," he drawls rather silkily, "when his patient proves to be a very bad girl?"

I let myself whimper."I'm a bad girl?"

"Averybad girl."

"But...I've never been punished." And crazily enough, I think that's the first bit of truth I've uttered in our entire conversation. Io has always been lenient towards me, and while Nik can be strict, he's never punished me either.

"Don't you trust me?"

No.

Or at least that's what real-life Leah would've said.

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