The persistent buzzing of her phone dragged Vera reluctantly from a deep, satisfying sleep. She managed to slap the snooze button, but the phone rang again immediately. Squinting at the screen through the pre-dawn gloom, she saw it was her best friend, Kate, calling her up at 9:00 a.m. on a Monday.Vera usually ignored the world until noon if her college classes were later in the day. Kate knew this, so Vera wondered what emergency could possibly warrant this early intrusion.With a groan of annoyance, she answered. “What in the hell is so important?” Her voice was thick with sleep.“Don’t tell me you are still in bed, Vera,” Kate's calm, yet accusatory voice sounded over the phone.“Okay, I will not,” Vera responded sleepily.Kate heaved a dramatically frustrated sigh before reminding her. “Vera, your appointment with the new behavioral therapist is today by Ten o'clock.”Sleep instantly vanished from Vera’s eyes. Those words woke her up. “Oh shit.” She shot up from her bed, puttin
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