I still wasn't sure what was going on: "What's all this about?" Can't you answer a simple question?" She giggled a little and I could tell she was smi...ling though it was dark."Not fair teasing me like that," I said.She paused a little, then said in a quieter voice: "Sorry. Actually I'm serious." I didn't say anything as I continued to try to figure out what was going on. I have to admit it: sometimes Clara is beyond me. She finally spoke again: "Tom is going out of town, and, well, we could. You did like our first course, right?" Well, I guess I couldn't help it, it had been an awfully long time since I'd had a man. I'm only human, after all. But, to sleep in your bed and all the rest, that's just, oh, I don't know."He stood up and took my hand. "Come on, I'll give you some more convincing," and he led me down the hall to their bedroom. I knew what was coming and could feel that old, familiar warm feeling between my thighs that I hadn't had in so many years.He pulled me onto the. ..”“Bullshit! If that’s true, then why did Dad leave?”“Because...”“Bullshit. It’s because you’re a slut and that’s all there is to it.”Scott dug his paddle in deep and pulled away. Laura wanted to call him back but bit her lip. What he’d said was partly true but it wasn’t the whole story. She hadn’t realized he knew about Tony and that made things harder. Despite what he thought she loved her son and didn’t want to lose him but was afraid to lose him if she told him the whole truth.Farther. Can you deduce why that might be?”“Because it’s irrational,” I said.“Indeed it is. Would you care to give me an analysis of your own behavior, I mean, from my perspective?”“Irrational.”“Now, put yourself in my position. I’m responsible for student mental health. Today, I see a young man who wants to be a doctor, who is refusing treatment for a problem which could negatively affect his training and his career, and, ultimately, endanger patients. What do you think I should do?”“Don’t you think.