Robert Robber

7

Today is my first session with my shrink and Lilian had already called a cab,
"Mr. Clayton,what would you like for lunch?", Lilian asked as I picked my wallet,
"I will be eating out today,to explore the cuisines a bit. Thank you", I answered and left the house.
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"You are welcome to South Africa,Mr. Clayton", the receptionist greeted. She was a plump woman with a hearty smile, "Miss Xavier is expecting you "
"Thank you", I said and opened the door labelled ''Miss. Kat Xavier".
The office was quite big and spacious,painted sky blue and white,her office had a nice view of the city and she was looking at the view when I came in. I had to clear my throat to alert her that I was in the office. She spun her swivel chair around and almost fell out of it,"sorry", she said,adjusting herself in the chair that appeared to be too big for her.
"You're welcome Mr. Clayton. I'm Miss Xavier but you can call me Kat, may I call you Rob?", she asked with a genuine smile.
"Yes of course, I'm Rob.", I said,still standing.
"Please forgive my manners and have your seat.", she gestured towards the visitor's chair.
"We need to sign documents,that's why we're here, sessions are held in that room", she pointed to a door I had presumed to be a bathroom door.
"Alright,let's read through the papers together", she said and bent down to bring out the file,her head banged the underside of her table when she was raising her head back up,causing her to massage the spot.
While all these was happening,all I could do was to wonder why Robbie got me a rookie as my shrink. Kat couldn't be over 23, smooth faced,short kinky hair that she braided halfway and looks fresh out of school.
"Please read through",her raspy voice brought me back to the office. I skimmed through the papers which was mainly about privacy protection,I put my signature where the space was and gave the documents back to her.
She looked through them and called the receptionist to make copies.
"Mr. Clayton,our session is about to start".

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Our session room was quite contrasting. She had paintings of guns on the wall,a pink sofa,candy jars on a brown wooden table, stress relief toys and a whole wall of the city. Yes,she made the whole wall a Window.
"My first question is,do you have a problem?",clumsy Kat asked me
"I think so",
"You think so?, I want a yes or no answer,Rob"
I shrugged and answered,"yes,I have a problem"
"Okay,what is your problem?",
"I am kleptomaniac.", I said it and was embarrassed. I don't usually people about my condition by myself.
"You find it hard to refrain from removing things from places and unsuspecting people.", Kat said,as if I needed clarity on it.
"Are you on any medications?", she continued,
"No,I don't take drugs"
"No prescribed drugs that you use?, not even after shows or before?"
I took a second to think about that,"a couple pills of advil sometimes".
She wrote something down in her notepad,just then,a bell went off in the office, she brought out her plain black watch from her purse,
" time flies,our session for today is over. See you tomorrow. ", she said as she got up from the sofa,
"Rob,put the yoyo back. "
I brought out the yoyo from my jacket pocket and put it back on the table.
Kat was clumsy but she also had sharp eyes. That was when I believed that this Doctor could help me.