“Did you talk to your doctor?” he asked.Valerie nodded. “Yeah...”“And?”“Dad’s COBRA will cover my regular consultations with her. She�...�s looking at meds that might help and that the insurance will cover. She did call in a prescription for some anti-depressants. Doctor Corliss said the last thing she wants is for me to go into a depression.”“This is pretty depressing,” Carter remarked.“A clinical depression. That was the worst part of the episode that sent me to the hospital — everything was doom. We were struggling due to flight restrictions during the lockdown. After a particularly stressful day, I tried to lighten Deepu’s mood and approached her with some food samples. She tasted some olive salad, but her mind was elsewhere. Concerned, I asked her:Shiven: What up?Deepu: Annie (client) is leading us nowhere.Shiven: She’s a bitch. Ignore her.Deepu: It’s not that simple. I’m on a performance planA ‘performance plan’ meant that Deepanjali had to meet her targets in 6 months or face the. But behavior programming can be hard to break.The “regret” was her old insecurities on a collision course with the realities of married life and careers. After 5 years of marriage, 7 years after college, Nikki was feeling like she couldn’t get past her job she thought was still menial and not fulfilling. Even though Joe’s job was good, it took more and more of his time which gave them less and less time together. Weekends always seemed to be too tired. Typical. But unsatisfying. If the 7 year. She closed her mouth recalling her mother’s warning that she’d swallow flies sitting there with her mouth open like that. She stared at the car unable to believe her eyes. It was gorgeous.“Sorry about being late. I haven’t had much chance to drive it around this summer and the battery was dead. I had to jump start it and let the battery charge up.”“No problem,” she said. “What kind of car is it?”“It is a 1935 Chevrolet Standard Phaeton.”“It’s beautiful.”“Thanks. Benny and I did a bit of work on.