Story 17 Chapter 1

  "I'm sorry, I am all booked this week, but I do have someone I can refer you to." The gruff voice bellowed in the phone.   I had heard of this masseuse from a friend. She was described as a husky battle-axe, but with upper body strength capable of kneading out any kink. I was sore and felt another migraine coming on, I needed to head it off at the pass. I jotted down the name and number and thanked the old woman.   The name seemed familiar but I couldn't quite place it. Still, I needed relief so I called the number she game.   "Naturalapathy, this is Jennifer" a younger voice answered the phone.   Ughh, I thought to myself. This town was full of the homeopathic, herbalistic, spiritualists masquerading as doctors. I didn't believe in any of that baloney. They would undoubtedly try to sell me some bull about crystal therapy or the like. But, I needed something, so I decided to try it out.   "Hi, I was referred to you by Ms. Zoey, she said you take up some of the slack for her?" I offer