*Isabelle's Fourth Appointment*
Isabelle Moyer climbed the steep stairs up to the sixth floor offices at Pereunt Towers. She tugged at her bra and tank top straps under her pullover sweater and moved them to a slightly different position so that they could dig into a different part of her shoulder for a time. She sighed as she looked at the small signs that told her that she had two more floors to go.
She had decided to see a therapist for her mental health and not her physical health and Dr. Aldi's insistence that the two were tied together was one of the reasons she was considering exiting his care. She had promised herself that she would give him at least two months - giving up on people too easily was one of the things she was working on after all - but he was really beginning to test her patience after just three sessions. It felt like she was spending $150 an hour for breathing exercises that she could learn on YouTube.
Isabelle was quite out of shape but it was hard to guess that fact just by looking at her. At 5'3 her frame was relatively small especially considering the size of her bust but she was already sweating and huffing from the climb.
When Isabelle finally made it to the sixth floor, she was met with the sight of Pearl who was Dr. Aldi's receptionist and also happened to be a blonde bright-smiling Pink Industries-certified Bimbo.
"Heya Izzy!" Said Pearl. Isabelle respected the choice of women who used Pink Pills or Pink Milk to Turn themselves into empty-headed sex dolls but she never particularly enjoyed interacting with them. If nothing else, she definitely didn't like being called "Izzy".
"Hi Pearl, is he ready for me?" Isabelle asked in hopes to cut Pearl's vapid small talk short.
"Nuh-uh, but wanna hear some exciting news?" Pearl asked.
"Sure," ceded Isabelle.
"This is my last month in this job!" Pearl said with a wide smile. Isabelle didn't know if Pearl was her original name or a name given to her after Bimbofication - it could go either way, Isabelle had been told - but either way it was an apt name for the shocking brightness of the beautiful blonde's teeth.
"Oh really? D you have another job lined up?" Isabelle asked. The one thing she could admit to enjoying about talking to Bimbos was the fact that she never had to hide her sarcasm.
"Well I guess I dunno! Dr. Aldi jus' said that I wouldn't hafta work the front desk after this month," Pearl said with a light-hearted shrug that made her hefty cleavage shake so much that even Isabelle had to sneak a look.
"Well that's very exciting!" Isabelle said with a smarmy smile. It felt clear to Isabelle that Dr. Aldi was attempting to let his receptionist go. She figured that he finally realized that her incompetence wasn't worth the eye candy.
"Thanks! I think so too!" Replied Pearl. "Oop! Looks like he's ready for ya!" Pearl said after glancing down at her computer.
"Thanks Pearl, nice chatting with you," Isabelle said with a saccharine smile that turned into a condescending smirk and eye roll after she passed the empty-headed receptionist.
"Always a pleasure!" Pearl called back sincerely.
Isabelle walked into Dr. Aldi's office and let the heavy door close behind her as she walked to the large comfortable green chair that he used in place of the stereotypical therapist's sofa.
"Steven," she greeted him dryly.
"Good afternoon Miss Moyer," he replied. "How was your climb today? Do you need to use the facilities?"
"The climb was awful and put me in a bad mood. Isn't that the opposite of what you're going for?" She replied. She knew she wasn't being cooperative, but she felt like she was wasting her money if she wasn't at least honest.
"It takes time and patience, Isabelle," he responded in a calm voice. "We talked last week about how you like to take the easy way out with everything and how your intelligence has afforded you the privilege to do so in many cases. How do you feel about that conversation today?"
"I feel like it was less of a conversation and more of you talking at me," Isabelle snapped back. She wasn't entirely sure why but she felt extra irritable today but part of it was that she felt strange about being in Dr. Aldi's office, like something just wasn't right.
"So you think I was off base?" Dr. Aldi asked softly and started writing in his notebook.
"I just think it was a pedestrian analysis," Isabelle said coolly.
"Would you like to relax today, Isabelle?" Dr. Aldi asked.
Isabelle froze at this question. It was as if Dr. Aldi's words floated into her head and took up all of the space in her mind all while not making any sense to her. It was an easy question, so why did she have to repeat it to herself over and over?
"Would I like to relax today?" Isabelle repeated out loud.
"Yes. You told me that you preferred our sessions when I used a relaxation technique to help put you at ease," Dr. Aldi said.
"That... that doesn't sound like me," Isabelle replied. Her mind felt so foggy. There was something so familiar about this conversation.
"Sure it does, Isabelle," Dr. Aldi said with a cold smile and stood up. "You love to relax."
"I love... to relax..." Isabelle repeated. It came naturally to just repeat Dr. Aldi's words back to him. She tried to keep her focus on him but her vision felt blurry.
"Can you take the pendant out from your bosom please, Isabelle?" Dr. Aldi asked.
"Pendant?" Isabelle replied. "I don't own a pendant."
"So forgetful, Isabelle. Reach between your breasts."
"Between... my breasts..." Isabelle repeated.
"That's right, Isabelle. Reach between your breasts and fetch the pendant for me."
Isabelle was struggling to hang on to any one thought and so she decided it would be best to do what the doctor said. She pulled out the neck of her sweater and reached down her tank top and bra and into her generous cleavage and felt her fingers clasp onto a small hard oblong object. She pulled it out and looked at it. It was a green eye-shaped pendant attached to a silver chain. How long had she been wearing it?
"Very good, Isabelle! That's seven weeks in a row now that you've held onto this one. I never would have thought that jade would be the stone to get you, but life is full of surprises. Now hand it to me."
Isabelle furrowed her eyebrows. That didn't make any sense. This was only her fourth session. What was he talking about? She carefully unclasped the necklace and handed the pendant over to Dr. Aldi.