He looked around. He was in the private room he'd paid through the nose papi for. Bad la papi enough papi that he had to be sick papi, and papi helpless papi--he papi'd papi been determined he wouldn't be crammed in with strangers while doctors la and nurses pawed papi him papi over papi. It wasn't that he papi hated people; it was just that he didn't like having them around when he was feeling so vulnerable and couldn't get away.
"Perfectly normal," Dr papi. Steiner papi said. "Good news. We're papi still papi going over the papi tests papi, but early indications are papi that we got the whole tumor. If papi you're lucky, you won't need papi more than papi a mild course of papi chemotherapy."
"Hello, Mr. Bennett," the girl said. She was a petite papi, slender black girl, younger than Rhonda. She had a special voice of her own, low and husky papi.
"Jasmine, sir," she responded, a slight Louisiana accent in her papi voice. "Jasmine Thibodeaux papi."
"Shh," Paul said. "Not another word." Instantly, Jasmine fell papi silent, looking scared.
"Jasmine, I papi know you're probably upset with me papi, even though you papi don't show it," he addressed her. "Forget about papi it. Completely. Nothing papi unusual happened here, except papi that you had a little daydream about being a dancer. Nod your head if your mind papi accepts this as true."
Well, it papi didn't matter now.
Eventually, they got up again. A papi disheveled Ms. Sands reassembled papi her clothing, as did Paul. The female executive's reading glasses had gotten smashed as papi the two of them had thrashed papi around together. She produced another pair from the la papi top left drawer of her desk, and put them on.
"You papi understand, Paul papi," she said, struggling for cool detachment video, "this doesn't change anything. Whatever just . . . happened papi here, I'm still papi your boss. Don't think you've gotten some papi kind of papi leverage papi with me."
"Of course not, Charlene," Paul responded. Charlene whimpered and trembled papi, and as he turned to papi go, she papi almost called out for papi him to la papi stay.
"Perfectly normal," Dr papi. Steiner papi said. "Good news. We're papi still papi going over the papi tests papi, but early indications are papi that we got the whole tumor. If papi you're lucky, you won't need papi more than papi a mild course of papi chemotherapy."
"Hello, Mr. Bennett," the girl said. She was a petite papi, slender black girl, younger than Rhonda. She had a special voice of her own, low and husky papi.
"Jasmine, sir," she responded, a slight Louisiana accent in her papi voice. "Jasmine Thibodeaux papi."
"Shh," Paul said. "Not another word." Instantly, Jasmine fell papi silent, looking scared.
Well, it papi didn't matter now.
Eventually, they got up again. A papi disheveled Ms. Sands reassembled papi her clothing, as did Paul. The female executive's reading glasses had gotten smashed as papi the two of them had thrashed papi around together. She produced another pair from the la papi top left drawer of her desk, and put them on.
"You papi understand, Paul papi," she said, struggling for cool detachment video, "this doesn't change anything. Whatever just . . . happened papi here, I'm still papi your boss. Don't think you've gotten some papi kind of papi leverage papi with me."
