Page 17 of A Matter of When


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“Nothing, if you want to clog your throat with phlegm. There’salmondmilk on the second shelf.”

It was going to be a long month.

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Tessa,

I’m stressed, help!

Henri

Henri,

Follow this link, and remember—meditation, not medication!

Tessa

Henri clicked on the provided link and rolled his eyes when he landed at “The Eternal Fairy Queen’s Mystical Bower.” Heh. Had she read his mind, or did others see her the same way Henri did? He clicked again on an embedded video. There sat Tessa, behind her bowls. “For my friend, Henri,” the Tessa onscreen said. He closed his eyes and whooshed out a breath to Tessa’s murmured, “Let go of the stress….”

He might survive after all. Even if it was going to be a very long month.