“Hello?” Victor’s mechanized voice scratches through the phone.
“Hey,” I say. “It’s nice to hear from you.”
Victor hesitates on the other side of the line and I realize, feeling stupid, that I’m talking to him like a friend. I clear my throat and sit up straight in my closet.
“So, why don’t you tell me about your week? Did you have any productive conversations with your partner?”
“Well, no,” he admits. “It’s been a busy week, I’ve been…occupied.”
So occupied you had time to take your sons to the theme park for a whole day, I think. “It’s important to take time to work on your issues,” I say, stern. “Talk therapy is only ten percent. You’ve got to take the things we learn about here and put them into action in your life.”
I hear him sigh. “Yes, I agree. It can be difficult to find
