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lawyer.
    â€”Well I thought I’d get a man one again, like before, so . . .
    â€”It’s ridiculous, no. No, we can take it to arbitration, take the whole thing before a grievance committee and . . .
    â€”But he said those committees are just all these other lawyers so they have to protect each other because they may be next so . . .
    â€”Who said! And what if she can quit, listen I don’t even know what these hospital bills will be, an insurance man’s coming up here later andI’m not even sure that they’ll pay, can’t you ask your brother? I’m afraid to write a check for a dollar, all this money he’s getting from your father so the government can’t get it, can’t you ask Bobbie?
    â€”Bobbie wants to buy a Porsche . . . Her head came down to rest on the edge of the bed, —I just get so tired, Oscar . . . and her hand followed, burrowing under the sheet. —It’s just all Bobbie, it’s everything for Bobbie, they won’t even talk to me and they’ve joined some church down there, that’s the only letter they’ve sent me about how glorious it is to be saved and how happy I’d be if I’d just accept the Lord while this woman that stole my purse is out there someplace pretending she’s me with all my credit cards and everything where she used my bank credit card before I could stop it so these other real checks I wrote bounced, I can’t even identify myself and she’s buying these plane tickets she could be in Paris right now being me and I don’t even know what I’m doing there till I get this bill for these lizard skin shoes I bought at some store in Beverly Hills where I always wanted to go, and it’s spooky.
    His hand had come down to smooth her hair, a finger limned her ear, traced her brow; hers came deeper, soothing a rise there under the sheet. —We’ll get it straightened out as soon as . . .
    â€”She’ll find out it’s not so easy being me though, that it’s not as much fun being me as she thought, does this hurt?
    â€”Just, be careful, I . . .
    â€”Mommy kiss and make it well?
    â€”Not, not here no, no not now . . .
    â€”But won’t it make you feel better? Where’s a tissue, I’ll get rid of this lipstick.
    â€”Not, not now no, a nurse might come in and . . .
    â€”We can just pretend I’m down straightening the sheet . . .
    There was a great thump on the curtain. —Hey there!
    â€”What’s the, who . . .
    â€”Send her over here!
    â€”Who do you, what are you talking about!
    â€”She knows! and another thump on the curtain, —if you don’t know then send her over here. Hey, Mommy?
    â€”Of all the damned, ow!
    â€”Oscar don’t try to, just be still I think somebody’s coming. I better go anyway.
    â€”Wait who is it.
    â€”Just this man Oscar, I better go. I’ll see you real soon.
    â€”What man. In a black suit? Lily wait, how are you getting home.
    â€”This car I borrowed.
    â€”But wait, whose is it.
    â€”This new lawyer . . . and she squeezed his hand, left a blot of lipstick on it and brushed past the curtain, past the next bed with a heated whisper, —You dirty man.
    And from the doorway, —Mister Crease?
    â€”Back here, wait. Wait who is it . . .
    â€”Frank Gribble, Ace Worldwide Fidelity, may I come in? in a black suit, —how are we feeling. May I sit down? and he’d done so, flattening a plastic portfolio on his lap, —I hope you’re not in pain? and he had out a yellow pad, —now. Let’s not take too much of your valuable time, Mister Crease. If you can just tell me what happened.
    â€”Of course I can, I . . .
    â€”In your own words.
    â€”Well of course. The car’s ignition was not working. I had to start it by opening the hood and