COMMISSION: Aunty Gabrielle - Professional Discipline Done Right
Added 2023-10-20 07:01:01 +0000 UTC"Katherine? Katherine Nowak?"
A young woman with her straight brown hair in a ponytail, wearing pencil skirt and a yellow sweater that hugs her bust, stands from the seat closest to the door. She keeps her eyes fixed on the green carpet as she approaches the receptionist desk. "That's me," she says in a small voice, handing a slip to the woman behind the desk.
"Do you go by Katherine or Kate?" The woman behind the counter adjusts her glasses as she looks up.
"Kate."
"Mm. Alright, Kate N. -- they're ready for you now," the receptionist says simply, placing the slip on a few other forms, which she pins on a clipboard before handing them back. "Take your things with you, please -- the exit is through the other end of the facility."
Liv watches Kate N. in fascination as she crosses the room back to her chair to recover her purse. The young woman's face is drawn, tight-lipped with anticipation...and Liv doesn't look any more relaxed than she does. She's still chewing her pinky nail, wide-eyed. It gives her the look of a high school girl sent to the principal's office, when in reality she just turned 25.
Beside her, her mother, Camelia, sucks her teeth in disapproval. "Olivia, don't bite your nails," she says, pulling her daughter's wrist away from her face gently. "And you just had a manicure, too! Ugh! You're too old to be doing that that!"
"Apparently not too old for some things," Liv says darkly.
And Camelia, suddenly looking very anxious herself, says nothing in reply. When Liv's hand goes back to her mouth, Camelia doesn't say anything.
Instead, she starts to bite her nails too.
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