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David has left his former practice when he had to turn a patient away for lack of health insurance. He now works from his home, offering help to all patients, in a duplex which he shares with Rosemary and her son, Jack. They do not pay rent; David enjoys Jack's presence in a way he was never able to enjoy his own son. Rosemary has had the opportunity to go to college. Their emotional connection is the secret David has shared with her. He was with Rosemary for the birth of her son, and there is a secret door to Rosemary's half of the duplex, but David never enters her home, respecting her autonomy and privacy at all times. Rosemary's house is full of scherenschnitte, the pictures emerging from the paper and her scissors.

Rosemary informs David she has a job...