know why she’s still around?” Dr. Ashford’s patience was wearing out.
“Ronald seems to think it’s because she has unfinished business with me, I think she wants to make sure I don’t give away her shoes. Her sister Sandra would like them.”
“What unfinished business do you think she has with you?”
I walked round the seat and collapsed in it. The brandy spilled over on to the seat, the desk and my shirt. “I’ll ask her that too if I get home.”
“What else did Ronald say? You spoke to him more than you are with me.”
“It’s nothing personal. He’s my brother and you are here to make a quick buck. So how about we cut this session short and you can go tell my mother I’m crazy.” I could feel my anger resurface.
He put his pen and writing pad on the desk. “You aren’t been exactly helpful William.”
“I’m not in a helping mood.”
“You might be imaging your wife or she really is haunting you. One thing’s for sure, you don’t want to let go of her and until you do, you’ll keep seeing her...” he stopped and looked at me with a creased brow, “Do you even want to stop seeing her?”
I looked at him for a while, unsettled by his question. I wasn’t sure if I did or not. “I can’t go back to work, my mother nags me and my in-laws think I’ve flown off the coo coo’s nest. What do you think?” I kept my eyes fixed on the bronze- brown liquid in my glass.
Dr. Ashford stood up and picked up his things, “I think you don’t care much about your life unless she’s in it, as a ghost or in flesh. You can leave if you like.”
“Your muscle at the door won’t stop me?” I asked him masking the anxiety I was filling from my voice.
“They are your mother’s muscle,” he smiled amused.
“But you have the leash,” I stood up from the seat and walked to the door. I stopped a few feet away from them and waited to see if they’d attack me or something. They just moved away from the door. I reached for the door and opened it, “Dr. Ashford it was nice to see you again but not so much of a pleasure.” I walked out and closed the door behind me.
Gloria was waiting at the foyer. A huge frown curved over her face when she saw me. She stared at the grand father clock before she came after me when I walked past her, “I paid him for a full two hours not forty-five minutes!”
“Then you should get a refund or you could always finish up the hour and fifteen minutes left.” I headed for the staircase and took three steps at a time to get away from my mother faster.
She came running after me. “Did he fix you?”
I walked into my room and pulled my bag to the door, then went through my drawers in search of my passport, “I’m not broken to get fixed and you can ask him yourself.” I put my passport in my jacket, picked up my bag and walked out of the room.
“Where on earth do you think you are going?” Gloria yelled from the door. I rushed down the stairs to the entrance hall.
“Back to America, before you get me institutionalized. Goodbye mother,” I yelled before I closed the big doors.
The driver was waiting for me at the front of the house. He took my bag and jacket and put them in the back then opened the back seat door for me. I looked at him perplexed.
“I didn’t tell anyone I was leaving?”
He smiled, “We had a pool on when you would leave sir. I bet on tomorrow morning but after the psychiatrist was called in, I changed it to immediately you left the study.”
“How much did you win?” I asked him laughing.
“Fifty pounds sir.” he answered proudly.
“Congratulations,” I got in still laughing. We pulled out of the main gates and he drove fast heading for the airport.
*
I hadn’t booked a flight, I wasn’t even sure if there was a flight available, all I wanted was to get out of there as fast as I could. I couldn’t take any more of Gloria’s pestering and I wanted to see Kristy, I had missed her.
I had to wait until midnight to
“Ronald seems to think it’s because she has unfinished business with me, I think she wants to make sure I don’t give away her shoes. Her sister Sandra would like them.”
“What unfinished business do you think she has with you?”
I walked round the seat and collapsed in it. The brandy spilled over on to the seat, the desk and my shirt. “I’ll ask her that too if I get home.”
“What else did Ronald say? You spoke to him more than you are with me.”
“It’s nothing personal. He’s my brother and you are here to make a quick buck. So how about we cut this session short and you can go tell my mother I’m crazy.” I could feel my anger resurface.
He put his pen and writing pad on the desk. “You aren’t been exactly helpful William.”
“I’m not in a helping mood.”
“You might be imaging your wife or she really is haunting you. One thing’s for sure, you don’t want to let go of her and until you do, you’ll keep seeing her...” he stopped and looked at me with a creased brow, “Do you even want to stop seeing her?”
I looked at him for a while, unsettled by his question. I wasn’t sure if I did or not. “I can’t go back to work, my mother nags me and my in-laws think I’ve flown off the coo coo’s nest. What do you think?” I kept my eyes fixed on the bronze- brown liquid in my glass.
Dr. Ashford stood up and picked up his things, “I think you don’t care much about your life unless she’s in it, as a ghost or in flesh. You can leave if you like.”
“Your muscle at the door won’t stop me?” I asked him masking the anxiety I was filling from my voice.
“They are your mother’s muscle,” he smiled amused.
“But you have the leash,” I stood up from the seat and walked to the door. I stopped a few feet away from them and waited to see if they’d attack me or something. They just moved away from the door. I reached for the door and opened it, “Dr. Ashford it was nice to see you again but not so much of a pleasure.” I walked out and closed the door behind me.
Gloria was waiting at the foyer. A huge frown curved over her face when she saw me. She stared at the grand father clock before she came after me when I walked past her, “I paid him for a full two hours not forty-five minutes!”
“Then you should get a refund or you could always finish up the hour and fifteen minutes left.” I headed for the staircase and took three steps at a time to get away from my mother faster.
She came running after me. “Did he fix you?”
I walked into my room and pulled my bag to the door, then went through my drawers in search of my passport, “I’m not broken to get fixed and you can ask him yourself.” I put my passport in my jacket, picked up my bag and walked out of the room.
“Where on earth do you think you are going?” Gloria yelled from the door. I rushed down the stairs to the entrance hall.
“Back to America, before you get me institutionalized. Goodbye mother,” I yelled before I closed the big doors.
The driver was waiting for me at the front of the house. He took my bag and jacket and put them in the back then opened the back seat door for me. I looked at him perplexed.
“I didn’t tell anyone I was leaving?”
He smiled, “We had a pool on when you would leave sir. I bet on tomorrow morning but after the psychiatrist was called in, I changed it to immediately you left the study.”
“How much did you win?” I asked him laughing.
“Fifty pounds sir.” he answered proudly.
“Congratulations,” I got in still laughing. We pulled out of the main gates and he drove fast heading for the airport.
*
I hadn’t booked a flight, I wasn’t even sure if there was a flight available, all I wanted was to get out of there as fast as I could. I couldn’t take any more of Gloria’s pestering and I wanted to see Kristy, I had missed her.
I had to wait until midnight to
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