"JUST FOR A WHILE" SAID THE CUB
"SOUNDS TO ME MORE STUPID THAN EATING TOFU" I SENTENCED.
"I THOUGHT THE SAME. BUT MY MOM STARTED BOTHERING ABOUT... TAKING ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES"
"LIKE WHAT"
"THAT THING WITH THE NEEDLES THAT CHINESE MAKE, THEN BIO-IDONTKNOWHAT, THEN COLOUR-THERAPY, THEN... UF I DON'T REMEMBER. AND I WAS LIKE "NO THANKS" AND SHE INSISTED AND INSISTED AND INSISTED, SO AT SOME POINT I REALIZED THAT IF I CHOSE ONE, SHE WOULD SHUT UP, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?"
"SO YOUR MOM THOUGHT YOU WERE FIVE YEARS OLD"
"I DON'T KNOW. LOOK. SHE BOTHERS ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES AT HER CONVENIENCE. IF I HAVE A REAL HEALTH PROBLEM, SHE DOESN'T MOVE A FINGER. BUT IF SOMETHING ABOUT ME BOTHERS HER, I HAVE TO TAKE 100 ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES. IT'S AT HER CONVENIENCE, YOU SEE? AND WHEN SHE BOTHERS IT'S LIKE SHE BECOMES A STALKER AND I START THINKING I NEED A RESTRICTION ORDER"
"SO YOU CHOSE... BACH FLOWER REMEDIES???"
"IT SEEMED TO ME LESS INVASIVE THAN THE NEEDLES FROM CHINA, YOU KNOW?"
"THOSE THINGS WORK"
"YES, BUT PSICHOLOGICALLY. AND THE LADY I USED TO SEE WAS SO NICE COMPARED WITH THERAPISTS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU IN PSICHOLOGICAL ISSUES. SO... BUT I HAVE NO IDEA IF THOSE REMEDIES CAN CURE BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS"
"WHAT HAPPENNED. YOU DON'T GO SEE THAT LADY ANYMORE..." ??? O.o
"YES. WELL. AT SOME POINT IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, MY MOM IS NOT BUGGING ME SO WHY SHOULD I STILL GO??? NOPE. AND I WOULD NOT DRINK THE REMEDIES AS OFTEN AS I HAD TO... AND... HERE'S THE BEST PART..."
"WHAT?"
"I WENT TO SEE HER FOR THE LAST TIME"
"WHAT HAPPENNED???"
"HIT AND RUN... THE LADY DIED"
"YOU CUB!!! GET REAL!!!"
"NO. SHE DIDN'T DIE. BUT SHE STOPPED BEING NICE. GREAT MISTAKE FROM HER. SO SHE STARTED PUSHING ME PSICHOLOGICALLY IN ORDER TO... YOU KNOW WHAT? DOESN'T MATTER... SHE BECAME AGRESSIVE AND WOULD SAY A LOT OF THINGS I DISLIKE, SO, AS I HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THERAPISTS, I TOLD HER """I'M NOT PAYING YOU TO TREAT ME LIKE A PEACE OF SHIT!!!""", SHE GAVE ME BACK THE MONEY, THEN STANDED UP AND WENT WITH ME TO THE DOOR AND SHE SAID """GOODBYE!!!""". NEVER SAW HER AGAIN"
"OH. WELL. BUT THE REMEDIES WORK?"
"YES, A LOT, AND VERY FAST, IN MY EXPERIENCE... WHY?"
"I DUNNO. WHY WOULD THEY?"
"THE SAME I SAID. BUT THEY DID. IN MY CASE"
"I'M SHOCKED ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT YOUR MOM"
"IT'S MORE SHOCKING GOING THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE. I MEAN. "NO THANKS, NO THANKS NO THANKS... LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" SHE GOES DEAF FOR A WHILE... IRRITATING!!!"
