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answered. "Mark Garrity's-"
"Eva honey. Richard says you forgot your cell phone at his office."
I exhaled in a rush and sagged back into my chair. I could picture the handkerchief wringing
that usually accompanied that particular anxious tone of my mother's. It drove me nuts and it also
broke my heart. "Hi, Mom. How are you?"
"Oh, I'm lovely. Thank you." My mom had a voice that was both girlish and breathy, like
Marilyn Monroe crossed with Scarlett Johansson. "Clancy dropped your phone off with the
concierge at your place. You really shouldn't go anywhere without it. You never know when you
might need to call for someone-"
I'd been debating the logistics of just keeping the phone and forwarding calls to a new
number I didn't share with my mom, but that wasn't my biggest concern. "What does Dr. Petersen
say about you tracing my phone?"
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