He shook his head.
“Difficulty breathing, swelling in your throat?”
“No. Nothing like that. Just a strange, disoriented feeling all of a sudden.”
Cindy set the pen down and scrutinized him. “Have you had a lot of caffeine today, or energy drinks?”
“Only my usual two cups of coffee.”
A squeal from a small child interrupted the interrogation. The cry ended in a broken sob, followed by a woman’s soothing tones from somewhere behind the curtain. A male voice murmured, “All done, all done now.”
Cindy turned her head from the room divider back to Mark. “And how are you feeling right now?”
Mark turned his senses inward, trying to introduce some sort of focus to the drifting fog inside him. He seemed to have lost his anchor somewhere, but how would he describe that? “I feel strange. Like I’m not myself.”
“Have you ever been treated for mental or emotional disorders, or recently stopped taking anxiety medication?”
He gave her a slight smile with a head shake. “No.”
“And you’re not on any prescriptions presently?”
“No.”
She pressed her lips together and shot him a quizzical look. “Well, that in itself is rather unusual. Most people I know are taking medication for something.”
He supposed that was a good sign. Maybe there wasn’t anything seriously wrong with him. But something was off.
Cindy scribbled more information on the sheet. The slender woman, carrying the little boy, emerged from behind the curtain. Cindy shot the woman a nod, sighed, and handed the paper to Mark.
“Go on back. Doorway on the left,” she said.
Mark glanced at the sleeping man. “Isn’t he next?”
“No. He’s waiting for his son.”
“Oh.” Mark rose and stepped around the room divider, paper in hand. Echoes of childhood doctor visit nerves rippled through the inner numbness while he regarded the door to his left. He drew in a breath. Might as well go in.
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