A/N: I have received so much this year from OQ fandom, that I wanted to give something as well. So here it goes, guys: a 3 part AU OQ story, that I hope you enjoy. It'll depend on you if there's a fourth part. I've had this on my mind for some time now and wanted to share it with you before the end of this year.

A big thank to the amazing Celina for beta reading this! I have been blessed that a favourite writer of mine could check this for me.

Merry Christmas to all of you and all the best for 2018.

Disclaimer: Nothing is mine.

Chapter 1

Robin Locksley knows all about her.

He has learned about her worst fears, her darkest secrets, her weaknesses, her insecurities, her unfulfilled desires (yes, also the hidden ones, those that she shares with no one, those that make her blush and that embarrass her), about the things that make her anxious and the ones that trigger panic in her.

He has witnessed her get over depression for the loss of a loving husband, anxiety and fear. He has supported her through accepting the death of her husband and focusing in the future instead of been hooked in the past feeling sorry for herself. He has given her the emotional support to learn how to deal with angst because the burden of being everything to a fatherless eight year old child was too much to bear alone; to overcome low self-esteem and self-pity issues; to improve her social skills. He has helped her develop the tools to deal with a controlling mother and to achieve a better understanding of herself and of others; and to acknowledge that she is not alone, and that asking for help is not a weakness, nor denotes incompetence. He has been there to help her analyze the choices she had made and to give her a little push when he thought something might be exactly what she needed for her healing process.

He doesn't judge, doesn't reprimand; he just waits and listens for what she wants and needs to share.

Everything … he knows everything about her.

It's been like that for the last three years, and during the moments they are together, he never talks about him, he knows how this works. And, for some time he has made peace with the fact that this is the only thing he'll have with her, because he is her doctor and she is his patient.

Dr. Robin Locksley is a well-known psychiatrist. In fact, he's one of the better in his field. As a psychiatrist he specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of emotional and mental disorders … and, that's exactly the reason why she came into his life.

It's been a long healing process for her because as soon as depression, the most evident sign of her state of mind and the one that made her seek for help, began to ease, other issues arose. And, as he had witnessed during his professional practice, the most difficult ones are those that begin in childhood and aren't detected or are just put aside.

But, in those years he has gotten to know other things about her too. The little things that make her smile; the ones that make her nervous and as a reaction she bites the side of her mouth; those that embarrass her and causes her to look away; the things that, as soon as he finishes talking, makes her roll her eyes. He knows her favorite color, her favorite drink, that she's a fan of healthy food choices, but how sometimes she gets to indulge herself with something not so healthy, that there's a guy at work that stalks her and makes her uneasy, who's her best friend, who's her lover, who she dates and when those dates finish with a kiss and sometimes with sex, how she feels after that, sometimes guilty, but sometimes happy and with expectations.

He says to himself that it's part of his job to get to know his patients that profoundly, but he knows this isn't the case, because for some time now, one year to be precise, he has already accepted that he is madly in love with her. But, as soon as acceptance came, recognition that he couldn't take things further, arose.

During the almost ten years of professional practice that he'd had, he has treated a lot of patients, and it's not the first time that a beautiful patient crosses the threshold towards his office and that he gets to appreciate said beauty. But, it surely is the first time this attraction has lasted that much and has extended beyond the physical appreciation.

So, as the competent professional that he is, he has drawn a very clear line between his feelings and his patient's well-being. He has never led her in a direction that would have benefited him or one where he would have taken advantage of her.

Well, maybe there was one only time, before he realized he was in love with her when his reaction upon an issue she told him while on therapy, had been far away from professional and more close to the one of a jealous man, a man that acknowledges there are things he couldn't have with her.

But, as soon as he cleared up his mind and accepted his feelings, he promised himself that never again his owns feelings would cloud his judgement and interfere with his patient's healing process.

However, despite all the effort he put on, it hasn't always been easy, and, as time went on, it has been more difficult to be objective and subtle. But, lately it has gotten worse for him and every session has become torture.

He needs to touch her, but he can't. Their physical contact is limited to a kiss on the cheek when they say hello, and another one, when they say good bye; or, to his hand on the lower of her back when he leads her to the door after their session is over … nothing inappropriate, at all.

Being a psychiatrist that uses psychotherapy as one of the means for treatment (a treatment based in the relationship therapist – patient, that involves a lot of talking), there's no topic they haven't addressed already, so it's difficult to pretend he isn't affected when she tells him about this Sidney Glass guy, her coworker, who's always trying to hit on her, making her feel uncomfortable … or about her boss' inappropriate behavior when he touches her "accidentally" … he just wants to punch both men in the face. He doesn't want to know either about the man who wants to date her, and can't hide his relief when he hears she refused by saying it wasn't the right time.

He also has a hard time trying not to stare at her from the moment she steps into his office, with those high heels and form fitting dresses. He tries not to be obvious when he looks at her, but it's difficult not to … he tries, really tries, but she's beautiful, gorgeous and sexy, even when she tries not to be… and, he is just a man after all …. But, yes, he's also her therapist.

The worse has begun to happen lately, when he has realized he fantasizes while on therapy. As soon as she begins talking he can't take his eyes away from her mouth, from her beautiful sensual lips and his mind flies and begins to imagine how it would be to kiss her, to touch her, how her breasts would feel in his hands and mouth, how would it be to kiss her in other places …. And while he is engulfed in those thoughts, he misses what she's saying…. And she has noticed it … more than once, actually … and, it has made him feel uncomfortable. Those "Robin? … Robin?" when she realizes he is daydreaming in front of her in the middle of her therapy sessions, had made him feel a shitty therapist several times.

Some time ago, when he realized he was falling for her, he promised himself that if it happened one day that his feelings or desires interfered with his professional performance, he would step aside and derive her to a colleague.

So now that it's clear this is happening, he is determined to stop treating her. Fortunately, it won't be necessary to derive her to another psychiatrist because she has overcome all the issues that brought her to him and he is about to discharge her.

She is now a confident woman, takes wise and responsible choices, depression has fade away, she has been able to open her circle of friends, she trusts more, she accepts who she is and loves herself, and by doing so, she can project love and care to others, she has learned how to handle negative obsessive thoughts … He thinks he has done a good job with her.

They've both already talked about this. He has told her, a while ago, that he would be discharging her, because she doesn't need regular therapy sessions anymore; and, has been seen her for the last months just through monitoring sessions and not regular ones, first twice a month, and now monthly.

Their sessions have come to end, and there's only left one more session … and, that will be it.

But, he is not ready to let her go … not yet … not ever. So, after a lot of thinking and after sharing a "hypothetical situation" with his colleague and office neighbor Dr. Killian Jones; and, after having to hear his secretary's comments every time she catches him daydreaming, he has made up his mind that he wants to give this a try and with the end of therapy, he can take things further with her. He wants to date her. He wants to know her in a personal and intimate level.

And, it happens that the end of the year brings the perfect opportunity for their last session and to explore maybe a future in a different scenario than the one therapist/patient of the last years.

Once a year, just before Christmas, he performs a special session with some of his patients. He calls it the Christmas Session and it's a technique that works only with those patients that don't have problems setting boundaries. This technique allows a patient to see their therapist as an equal, as a person, as another human being, to know some personal experiences and empathize with them. Both, therapist and patient, talk freely and take a look back over the year, and make an assessment about themselves, about what they overcame, what remained unfinished, their new goals for next year, what they've accomplished, the improvements they've made. The patient and the therapist are allowed to ask any question to the other one. There's only one rule: each question and answer has to be addressed and answered willingly and by any means should make any of them uncomfortable.

He has already used this technique with her and it had worked wonderfully … well, except for one only time just last year, but still they were able to get over the bitter taste the last Christmas Session left in both of them.

This year's Christmas Session will be their last one and both are aware of it. This session is supposed to bring closure to the therapy process, but for him it is different ... it's more. This session is about the future. He wants to know if she would consider to take their relationship to another level … and he is nervous about that, because she hasn't showed any signs that she might be interested in him. Well, actually she has, but when he notices those signs, she goes backwards, and then shows others that are quite the opposite and leaves him clueless.

So, for a man that reads people for a living, he is really disconcerted. He is in the dark with this and is about to take a leap of faith.

Robin Locksley didn't fall for her at first sight nor at the end of the first session. In fact, it took him two years to see the woman behind the patient and accept he had fallen for her.

When Regina Mills came to her first appointment, she had just become a widow about a month earlier and had a severe depression that confined her to bed for weeks. It had been Emma Swan, Regina's best friend, the one that sought help with Dr. Locksley, upon a recommendation of a mutual friend, Ruby Wolf, and the one that arranged an appointment and dragged Regina there one September afternoon.

He remembers his secretary, Tink, as she preferred to be called, announcing him on the internal phone "Your 5:00pm appointment is here … and there are two people … there's a hot blonde and a beautiful brunette that I bet is the patient" and he could picture Tink smiling and winking as she said those words. Having the same secretary since he began his professional practice, has its disadvantages and the worst of those is that Tink knows all about his personal life (besides his professional one), and after his divorce, some years ago, she had been trying to make him get interested enough to date any woman in her middle 30's that he got in touch with: it had been his son's teacher, a little patient's single mom, a red headed patient that had regular therapy sessions, the architect that had been in charge of remodeling some of the offices on the clinic… so, he had been used to it for a while and it even didn't bother him… on the contrary, it sort of amused him.

He recalls watching Regina stepping into his office with another woman that introduced herself as Emma Swan while thinking "definitely the beautiful brunette is the patient and … when will Tink learn I'm not for blondes?"

What caught first his attention was that despite Regina seemed almost someone without free will or strength or life, consumed by a profound sadness, he could still see a beautiful woman, one that was broken, but deep inside wanted his help to heal.

Robin immediately recommended therapy and medication, and during the first months he worked through regular sessions with her twice a week. And, as it usually happens with therapy, he witnessed Regina going two steps forward and one back, until finally, six months after beginning therapy, he noticed that Regina had started to see a more hopeful future and the feeling that something was sucking her energy and happiness was slowly going away. Depression had begun to cease.

Robin remembers now, how he noticed the improvement at first sight when one afternoon Regina stepped into his office with a new outfit and with makeup nicely applied. She looked gorgeous and Robin complimented her because it was the first step towards her recovery. He recalls how that day at her shy "thank you" he thought how beautiful she was. It's not as if he didn't notice it before, because he had, but it was the first time he was blown away by her appearance as a whole.

It happened that depression was only the tip of the iceberg and the most urgent issue that needed to be treated, but still Regina had other symptoms that required Robin's intervention so that she can function better. He recommended to continue with regular therapy sessions and she agreed.

For almost a year and a half, after her depression was over, they continued therapy through weekly sessions on Wednesday's afternoons. During that time Regina's improvement was evident and after almost two years, since all this process began, she has overcome most of her issues. She has gained confidence in herself, and that helped her with the perception that other people had about her. She began to attend social and work events more frequently. She got a job promotion in the law firm she worked for that gave her an important raise in her salary and an annual bonus from the company's profits that helped her ease the angst of having to support a ten year old all by herself … and, she began to date.

Maybe that was the first sign Robin should have noticed that he was falling for her. He remembers clearly that session, when one August afternoon, just after she arrived to his office and after asking about her week, she answered I have decided to go on a date. He felt instantly uneasiness, but he couldn't tell in that moment what was making him feel like that.

During that session he asked her what had encouraged her to accept this date in particular and how she felt about it, because he was aware that there had been others before that had asked her to go out, but until then she had always refused. "I think I need to move on … from some time now I've been missing the feeling to just be with someone… someone that will focus on me, a partner, something romantic maybe, I don't know … and Graham has been a good friend, and has been there for me and Henry all this time. I want to see where this goes ... and I'm excited and happy" That had been her answer and he felt something, he knows now it was jealousy, but then he thought it was concern for her patient, caring that someone would take advantage of her, because she was feeling vulnerable.

Throughout that session they explored the motivations that had led her to reassume one part of her life that she hadn't been able to yet. He wanted her to be well aware of what she'd be willing to give, share and commit with this Graham for the future and, he had been surprised to find out that she was ready, if the opportunity came, even to have intimacy with this man.

Well, he should have been happy about that, because as a therapist he knew one of the things that takes more time to overcome with patients that lose a partner after years of common life, is intimacy. And for Regina it had been many years devoted to one man: nine years of marriage plus four of being together before they got married. During that session, two years after losing her husband and never being able to have this connection with someone all that time, she'd told him she was ready to take that step with someone else. So, he really should have been happy and feel rewarded to witness such a progress on a patient in that area too … but he certainly wasn't feeling that way.

And he was even less happier, when the next session Regina told him that the date turned out to be awesome, that she enjoyed every minute of it, that she felt comfortable and that, yes, she and Graham had had sex and it had been great, that she was not sure if she was ready for a relationship, but she was happy and they would be going out next Saturday, as well.

Well, and it happened that one month after Regina's first date with Graham, while on therapy she told Robin that she had begun a more committed relationship … one that lasted a whole year and that was torture for Robin.

As Regina's psychiatrist and therapist, Robin knew everything about Graham and Regina's relationship on Regina's side. He had gotten to know that Regina was not in love with Graham, but liked him and cared for him; that despite not being in love, she was content; that she felt Graham was more committed than she was and that he had already told her that he loved her; that he was a great lover and had connected amazingly in the intimate level with him; that Graham was great with Henry… It seemed this Graham guy was perfect for her, and he should really feel a professional satisfaction about this, but he didn't.

Robin had been aware that the Graham topic had made him feel uncomfortable for some reason, but he didn't realize he was in love with her, until the Christmas Session of that same year.

As soon as Tink finishes announcing on the phone "Beautiful hot brunette, coming in … and today well… you'll see it for yourself. If you don't ask her out, you bet I will!" he watches her as she walks into his office and he can't take away his eyes from her. He knows she is a beautiful woman, he is aware of that, but today she looks different … she's glowing, she's sexy, she's elegant, she's gorgeous … and has that look in her eyes ….a playful one … and it's being hard for him to focus in other thing.

He doesn't know for sure why is he that affected by her today, because he has appreciated her beauty before, even had stared at her perfect body … he hopes he had been subtle, at least, and hadn't been staring in an unprofessional way, but he is a man and she is a very attractive woman. He remembers quite well a summer afternoon, just some months ago, when she came to their appointment with a nice dress, he thought she must have been on vacation because that dress was definitely not suited for work. It was short, sleeveless and crossed over the waist, letting at full display a generous amount of cleavage, beautiful legs and perfect toned arms and shoulders. That day had been hard for him to focus and not look at her perfect attributes, but he did a good job pretending to look at the painting on the wall, behind her…well, he hopes so.

But still in that little dress he didn't feel the need to keep staring at her as he has today. Although her outfit is a formal black dress, knee high and has a coat on, she looks very sexy in it. And as she takes off her coat and turns back to hang it on a hook on the wall, he gets to take a look at her splendid ass, but has the good fortune to take his eyes away just in time so that when she turns again to take a seat in front of him he is looking at his notebook.

He begins that session as always, explaining that it is a different session and that she already knows how it works. They will be able to talk about whatever they want, as long as both of them are comfortable with the topics and he is surprised when she begins saying "You know, Robin …", because they are on a first name basis from some time now at Robin's insistence, "… I do like these sessions … I do, really, but I think you have leverage here because you know all about me, my life, my son, my parents, my friends, my relationship with Graham … and hmmm …. I know very little about you and your life, so I think it'd be fair if I get to know something about you, don't you think? She smiles, lifting an eyebrow in a very sensual way and then continues "So, tell me three things about you … something I already don't know".

He looks at her and says "Okay, Regina. You will begin, but then it's my turn. I'm divorced, I have a son and I'm an outdoor guy. Was any of those a surprise for you?"

She answers showing a big smile "Well, I already knew you have a son", and she looks at the picture of a little dimpled boy that is over his desk "… and I assumed you were divorced … so from your three answers, only one was a surprise for me. Outdoor guy, huh?"

"And, how did you guess?" asks Robin and Regina doesn't make him wait and answers "Well, just a look at the picture on your desk to know that little munchkin is your son. He has the same dimples as you. And ….hmm … let's say men … hmmm… of your type are rarely single and from the things we talk in therapy I don't think you are the kind of man that would have a child without been absolutely sure about how committed your partner is … and a commitment that serious generally comes with marriage and since you don't have any pictures of your son's mom, I assumed she is very much alive and things didn't work between you two. If you'd been a widow, there'd have been at least one picture of her around here".

Robin hears really astonished to Regina's analysis and replies "Okay, Dr. Mills. You really surprise me with your deduction skills ….but, now's my turn…. And since, you say I know everything about your life, tell me three things you did yesterday that I might not know".

Regina smiles, and all he can think is in how beautiful she is and keeps staring at her when she answers "Okay, but you still owe me two answers. Yesterday, let's see …hmmm, I went to a basketball game to watch Henry play … and….hmmm … I had a really uncomfortable lunch meeting with my boss, and almost had to take his hands off me the whole meeting … and …" He can't help but feel anger when he hears that the son of a bitch of her boss had been inappropriate with her, but still makes an effort to hear without intervening and he just watches her thinking what to say next, wrinkling her nose and closing her eyes a little … and he thinks she looks adorable … and, why is he even thinking like that?

He knows it's hard for Regina to think in something he might not know… because he knows everything, he knows her entire routine, there's very little that he doesn't know, and then he hears her say "I had sex with Graham".

And, after hearing her answer his face changes and he just can't control what's coming next "Are you always so open about your sex life? Are you like this with everyone? Are you going to tell me how many times you did it? Was he the one on top? Or it was you? Do you want to share that with me also?"

He can tell Regina is perplexed at his reaction from the look on her face "Robin, what was that? We have talked about this before, specifically about intimacy between me and Graham. You helped me to overcome a lot of issues about this. You are aware of it. I don't understand why this bothers you now? The rules of this session are clear for the both of us and I haven't broken any of them, but I apologize if I did and made you feel uncomfortable for any reason".

While hearing Regina talking, he is surprised of his outburst and begins thinking very quickly about all of it. Why did he react that way? It seems he is jealous, but it can't be. Regina is his patient and, yes, he cares for her as he does for any other patient. And then, he thinks when he discusses similar issues with other patients, he is not disturbed at all to find out they had sex with someone, as long as his patients have consensual sex with another adult, he doesn't get bothered at all. And sex is a very healthy connection when approached maturely… so why is it bothering him that Regina gets to have sex with a boyfriend that cares for her and that makes her happy?

He leaves those thoughts for further analysis and just says "I'm sorry Regina. I was totally out of line. You don't have to apologize for anything. I have had a really bad day and your answer caught me off guard. I'm really sorry. This won't happen again. Shall we continue?"

He knows Regina is hurt and is making an effort to get over it "Okay, Robin let's continue …. And, just for the record you do know I'm not that open with anyone else. It's with you that I feel comfortable enough to talk freely and share almost anything. As my therapist you should be aware of this, and I still don't understand why having a satisfactory sex life with my boyfriend bothers you? You should be happy that I get to accomplish that with your support".

With that they move to another topic, and just before she leaves and he hears her say good bye visibly hurt and disconcerted, he apologizes again for his outburst and even suggests that he can derive her to a colleague if she feels uncomfortable to continue treatment with him, but he is relieved when she says that no, that she wants to continue with him.

Later that evening, Robin relives the events of that session, and he realizes that his reaction was indeed one of a jealous man, a man that craves to have with a woman, what she just told him she's having with someone else.

He recognizes that evening, after having finished his scheduled appointments for the day, that he is in love with one of his patients, and it is up to him to decide if he should stop treating her and derive her to a colleague; or, if he should continue treating her, but if that happens he needs to be sure to put his feelings aside and never take things further with her, at least while she's his patient.

After evaluating the two scenarios, he decides to continue treating her, even though he is well aware that this means he needs to be objective and professional and most of all never act upon his feelings towards her.

He's fucked.

And, now, one year later, he is still in the same place: totally fucked and crazy about her … how wrong he'd been when he thought he would be over her any time soon.

He realizes he not only isn't over her, but that he is even more in love with her.

Robin's office, sober and masculine as always but still welcoming, has a little Christmas atmosphere, since the beginning of December. Tink had insisted that he needed to cheer up a little and get into the holiday mood, because he'd been cranky the last weeks.

Tink has made a really good job decorating his office just to give a slightly festive touch. He clearly said he only wanted a little Christmas tree over the table in the corner of the room, and some of the Christmas cards, he has begun receiving early that month, over the shelves.

He is in no mood for Christmas or celebration this time. He's grateful that this year his son will be spending Christmas and New Year with his ex-wife, so he doesn't even need to pretend an excitement that he doesn't have.

His mind is occupied with other issues, like the brunette that fills his dreams, no matter if he is asleep or awake, and that will be stepping into his office in any moment from now, for their last session together … and he is a nervous wreck.

Robin Locksley is a confident, calmed man. When faced to a stressful situation, something that happens frequently in his line of work, he doesn't panic, he listens, he evaluates all possible scenarios, he suggests coherent ideas, and is always able to find the best approach.

But with the issue that has been on his mind all year long, he doesn't know what to do. Well, actually he knows what he wants, has made up his mind about what comes next … he has that very clear. But what's been bothering him for a while is that he has no clue if Regina reciprocates his feelings or, at least, if she will want to give him a chance … and he is afraid of rejection and to lose whatever it is that he has with her … because it's far better the little time he gets to share with her, than having nothing at all.

Robin Locksley knows her, at least it is what he thinks. He has learned to read her over the three years he's been treating her, and clearly he can tell when she's happy or sad or maybe afraid, because those feelings are evident to most people. But, also he has become able to identify the external signs she shows when she experiments uneasiness, angst, frustration, rage, guilt, hopelessness, love.

And yet knowing her that well, he hasn't been able to figure out her feelings towards him.

He is aware that she cares for him. After three years of weekly sessions, it's inevitable that they sometimes make small talk. So, he has noticed that she does care for him. She gives some useful parenting advice or cooking tips or interesting information about a new place to take his kid and that she thinks him and his son will enjoy.

He is also aware, that she finds him attractive …. Yes, that much is evident, at least. She has made, while in session, observations directed towards his physical appearance or clothing choice, like "a guy of your type", "that color suits you", "your son is becoming a handsome young man, just like his father".

Also, she has made subtle comments when there had been obvious or not that obvious interest of other women on him, but she has made those comments sound so funny and gracious that he isn't sure at all what her true intentions had been. He remembers clearly that time, when Tink interrupted their session to give an urgent message from another patient, one particular red headed female patient that Regina had seen several times leaving Robin's office just when she was about to step in, and at Robin's indication to Tink to tell his patient to call him back later, Regina just mumbled "I bet she will!", making clear that Regina thought that particular patient had another type of interest in him.

And, there was that other time, when Robin pointed out that he had more female patients than males, and she said smiling playfully "You hadn't noticed it? …hmmm… I can't blame them…. You are very good … hmmm … therapist".

But the time that he still remembers most, was last July, when she had a two weeks summer break, and after returning to therapy she said very warmly "I missed your smell", and when he looked at her in confusion because… well, they hadn't been physically that close, but he can bet she had been able to feel his perfume or aftershave, because he was very much aware that he had smelled hers … every time, actually … she just added "… I mean your office's smell. It smells like forest, peaceful, free, wild", but he'd been sure that wasn't what she meant.

So, he thinks he has some points in his favor.

And, there was another hint. Tink had noticed his interest in Regina and has encouraged him to take a step forward and just last month after Regina left his office and he was standing just watching her leave, Tink had said "You know, Robin…" because he was "Dr. Locksley" in front of his patients, but just "Robin" when they were alone. "You should just date her. For God's sake, just look at the woman, she's gorgeous! What are you waiting for? …. And, you know what? she would say yes". He had been caught off guard that time, but had been thrilled to know from someone else that Regina might say yes and he had asked "Tink, you know she's my patient and it's not what you think … and … hmmm… just out of curiosity, how do you know? And Tink's answer hadn't taken long "Know what? That you are crazy about her…. Well, you're very evident, dear. And that she would say yes, because it's obvious she likes you …. You are paid to read people and you're doing a shitty job reading her feelings towards you".

So, there's another point in his favor!

Being her therapist has its perks and one of these is that he knows stuff about her personal life without having to ask or intrude in it or make her wonder why is he interested in knowing such things. She usually shares what's bothering or overwhelming her. And, even though he feels like shit for, for once, using this information for his own benefit, he is relieved to know that he has yet another point in his favor: after her break up with Graham, last august, she still hasn't had any serious relationship, is not dating anyone and has just refused to go out when asked to, just the month before.

But, suddenly he remembers a session, it must have been around last July, just before she broke up with Graham, when she told him she was conflicted, because she was interested in another man …. He remembers how he felt at the first moment, relieved because that revelation led to her break up with this Graham, but not that much when he realized she was interested in someone else. But still months later, there was no evidence that she has been reciprocated because she has not dated this guy and hasn't mentioned him again.

He was so confused. Nothing made sense.

With all these thoughts in his mind, Robin waits for her to arrive to their last session visibly nervous and it doesn't take long before Tink announces on the internal phone "Your 5:00 pm appointment is here … and… hmmm… how can I say this without sounding vulgar, …hmmm… well I'll just say that you'll have a hard time focusing in therapy … better be prepared".

The moment of truth has arrived.

TBC ...