Chapter 3: Chapter 3

“But isn’t that part of your fear that you want to overcome?”

“Yes, but…”

“Yes. That is an extreme answer to it. We can save that for a future session.” This time she chuckled. “You must trust me, Shelby. I will not jeopardize your life. If I see you’re in trouble, I’ll stop. Completely.”

I sighed. “Okay.” It is only for an hour.

“Now, if you need me to slow down or you need to catch your breath, you’ll have a caution word. You can use yellowor extreme,whichever is easier to remember.”

“Yellow will be fine.”

“All right, say yellowand I’ll pull back and wait for you to get it together. Then I’ll continue. I will not put you in any life-threateningdanger…this time. Do you have any questions?”

“Not at the moment.”

“If you come up with one, call and ask it. There will be no questions during your session.”

“All right,” This is more involved than I’d thought, but…oh, well.

“And don’t bother wearing underwear; you won’t need any.”