Chapter 21

Unfortunately for Jessie, that time consisted of a two o'clock appointment with a shrink she had no desire to see. Already, Jessie could feel the grains of sand running through the hourglass as she entered Dr. Leslie Uhl's office for the first, and hopefully the last, time.

"Hi, Jessie, have a seat." Dr. Uhl, a tall, fortyish woman with long, straight brown hair out of the seventies, motioned for Jessie to sit in an aging brown leather chair across from her. "Your parents have told me that this is a court-ordered appointment due to an arrest you had around drug use in California."

Jessie shrugged. "Then I guess it is." She hated shrinks. "That bust happened almost a year ago. I did a half a stint at a drug rehab and haven't needed therapy since. I don't need rehab or therapy now either."

"Really?" Dr. Uhl asked, writing something down on her pad.