“It sounds like migraines,” he said. “They’re very painful.” “No. The doctors ruled out migraines. And there’s no pain.” No pain, he thought. Then how could she know she had a headache? “I sort of sense the pounding,” she told him, “but it’s from forty miles away and that makes me nervous. Because I know it’s coming.” “What’s coming?” “The pain.” “But you never feel it?” “No. I told you. I never feel anything.” She grinned. “But I stay so busy that maybe I outrun it. Think so?” He wondered if the quantities of coffee she drank had anything to do with the headaches. She stared at him over the
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