Valerie was sitting in her office, twiddling her thumbs, waiting for Roman. A week had passed since their last session. She had confirmed that Roman was really involved in substance abuse, from his previous friend group and school; she had found his guardian's number in his medical report and had called him too.

 That turned out to be unpleasant quite easily. He had quite a lot to say about Roman, and he ended their conversation with a quote.