Summary

Charles finally books an appointment to see Dr. Alice Rothman and is surprised to discover that not only is she black but during the hour long visit, she doesn’t ask him about the ghost at all. Instead, she asks him about his family and after an hour, suggests they schedule another session. Charles continues to see her and after three weeks, she declares he wasn’t ‘personally culpable’ for the accident, despite never having spoken of the encounter with him. She invites him to continue coming, and he agrees despite having to pay for the sessions himself once he returns to work. Eventually, Alice asks about the first encounter. Charles tells her about it and afterwards Alice makes two suggestions. She tells him to pay attention to everything that he thinks, feels, hears, eats...