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Authors: Jeremiah Healy
“And if I don’t especially feel like being a convert-in-waiting?”
Bacall sat up straighter. “I imagine that you often have to pose as someone other than who you are. We aren’t asking that here. We’re simply asking that you be yourself, the man Tommy described to me, so that Maisy will receive the professional help she requires despite herself.”
There was a certain dignity in the way Bacall made his argument. He seemed to care as much about stating his position accurately as about ultimately persuading me of it.
Roja said, “Please, Mr. Cuddy?”
“Okay, I’ll meet with her. Then it’s her decision and my decision from there.”
Bacall said he’d call me at home that night with details. Roja just said thank you.
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