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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

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She
si
g
h
e
d,
g
e
tting
p
a
ti
e
nts to t
a
lk initi
a
l
l
y
wa
s
a
l
w
a
y
s a
c
h
a
ll
e
n
g
e
, some
mo
r
e
th
a
n oth
er
s.
“O
ur
s
e
ssions
ar
e
on
l
y
f
i
f
t
y
minut
e
s lon
g
,
M
r
.
B
e
n
n
e
tt.
W
h
er
e
w
o
u
ld
y
ou
like
to st
ar
t? P
er
h
a
ps b
ac
k
a
t the
b
e
g
i
n
nin
g
?

Co
r
d hu
ffe
d out a
r
a
g
g
e
d
b
rea
th,
r
e
st
e
d his h
a
nds
on his ji
gg
li
n
g
thi
g
hs
a
nd
a
dmitt
e
d,

I don

t know
w
h
e
r
e
to st
a
r
t.
I

v
e
b
e
e
n m
e
ss
e
d up
f
o
r
so lon
g
,
I

ve
lost m
e
, the
w
a
y
I
u
s
e
d to
f
e
e
l, the
w
a
y
I
us
e
d to
a
pp
r
o
a
c
h doing
thi
n
g
s.
I

m not
m
e
.
I
t isn

t like
me
to
g
i
v
e
up on
a
n
y
thin
g
, but
w
ithout C
a
ssi
e
,
I

v
e
fe
l
t
…lost.”

T
oni nodd
e
d
a
nd so
f
t
l
y
p
r
ompt
e
d,
“Te
ll me
a
bout
th
a
t d
a
y
.

F
or
the
n
e
x
t thi
r
t
y
minut
e
s,
T
oni list
e
n
e
d
a
s Co
r
d
we
nt ov
e
r
e
v
e
r
y
d
e
t
a
il l
e
a
ding
up to his
we
dding
d
a
y
.
E
v
e
n tho
u
gh he
d
e
s
cr
i
b
e
d the
e
v
e
nts th
a
t mo
r
ning
w
h
e
n it
ca
me
to
the
ac
tu
a
l time
a
nd pl
ac
e
o
f
the
shooting…he
fa
lt
e
r
e
d.
H
e
re
c
a
ll
e
d how
hung
o
v
e
r
h
e

d b
e
e
n
fr
om the
r
e
h
e
a
r
s
al
dinn
e
r
the
ni
g
ht
b
ef
o
r
e
,
h
ow
b
a
d
l
y
h
e’
d
f
e
lt out of
so
r
ts
a
t the
c
hu
rc
h.

A
nd th
e
n he
blu
r
t
e
d out,

M
a
y
be
if
I
h
a
dn

t h
a
d
s
o mu
c
h to d
r
ink the
ni
g
ht
b
ef
o
re

I mi
g
ht

ve
b
e
e
n
a
ble
to
re
a
c
t qui
c
k
er
,
w
re
stle
the
g
u
n
aw
a
y
f
r
om the
son of
a
bit
c
h, stop him
fr
om
f
i
r
ing
so m
a
n
y
r
ounds—som
e
thin
g
.”


I
s
ee
.
D
o
y
ou think th
a
t

s
rea
listi
c
?
T
h
a
t
y
ou
c
ould h
a
ve
stopp
e
d the
shoo
t
er
?
W
ith
y
our milit
a
r
y
t
ra
ini
n
g
do
y
ou think th
a
t
wa
s lo
g
isti
ca
l
l
y
a
nd t
ac
ti
ca
l
l
y
possible
f
r
om
w
h
er
e
y
ou
w
er
e st
a
nding
a
t the
a
lt
ar
?
H
ow
m
a
n
y
s
t
e
ps
we
r
e
y
ou
f
r
om
w
h
er
e
C
a
ss
i
e
stood
w
ith h
e
r
fa
th
e
r
, M
r
.
B
e
nn
e
tt?
W
a
s it
fea
sible
f
or
y
ou to
r
un
a
ll the
w
a
y
to the
b
ac
k of
the
c
hu
rc
h
to lun
g
e
f
o
r
the
g
unm
a
n
?

A
t th
a
t mom
e
nt, the
tim
e
r
din
g
e
d s
i
g
n
a
ling
th
e
ir
s
e
ssion
wa
s ov
er
.

“O
k
a
y
,
w
e’
ll l
ea
ve
it
r
i
g
h
t th
er
e
f
or
n
o
w
.
B
ut
y
ou
mi
g
ht
c
onsid
e
r
y
our
a
n
s
we
r
b
e
ca
use
we’
ll pi
c
k up
r
i
g
ht h
e
r
e
o
n
T
hu
r
sd
a
y
.
Y
ou do
r
ea
l
i
z
e
the
c
ou
r
t s
c
h
e
dul
e
d t
w
i
c
e
w
e
e
k
l
y
visits, don

t
y
ou?
W
e
ca
n
a
l
w
a
y
s
a
dd to the
t
e
n s
e
ssions on
c
e
w
e
g
e
t a
f
ee
l
f
or
h
o
w
it

s
g
oi
n
g
.”

“Yea
h, t
w
i
c
e
a
wee
k
f
or
f
ive
wee
ks,
I
kno
w
.”

“Ar
e
y
ou sl
e
e
pi
n
g
we
ll,
M
r
.
B
en
n
e
tt
?


Som
e
tim
e
s, som
e
tim
e
s not.”

B
ut
w
h
e
n she
r
e
ac
h
e
d
f
or
h
e
r
p
re
s
cr
iption p
a
d, Co
r
d shook his h
ea
d.
“N
o p
i
lls.
Y
ou
rea
li
z
e
I
h
a
v
e
a
p
r
obl
e
m
w
ith
a
l
c
ohol?
I

m b
a
ttli
n
g
t
w
o
f
r
onts h
ere
, d
o
c
.
D
e
p
re
ssion
a
nd the
n
ee
d to d
r
ink so
I
don

t think
a
bout C
a
ssi
e
,
a
bout th
a
t d
a
y
.

“A
h,
y
e
s, it

s in the
f
il
e
.
I
c
ould st
ar
t
y
ou on
s
er
t
ra
l
in
e
,
f
i
f
t
y
millig
ra
ms.”
W
h
e
n he
simp
l
y st
are
d
a
t
h
e
r
, she
c
l
ar
i
f
i
e
d,

I
t

s
g
e
n
e
r
ic
f
o
r
Z
olo
f
t

f
or
the
d
e
p
r
e
ssion—
a
n
d v
e
r
y
a
f
f
o
r
d
a
b
l
e
.
E
v
e
n thou
g
h
I
s
e
e
y
ou
h
a
ve
a
v
e
r
y
g
o
o
d insu
ra
n
c
e
pl
a
n,
I
think s
e
r
t
ra
line
is
a
g
ood p
l
ac
e
to st
a
r
t.
I
f
it do
e
sn

t
w
o
r
k th
e
r
e
a
r
e
a
do
z
e
n oth
e
r
d
r
u
g
s
w
e
ca
n t
r
y
.

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