{"id":21844,"date":"2023-04-23T21:23:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T01:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21844"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:44:13","slug":"agents-of-winter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21844","title":{"rendered":"Agents of Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agents of Winter<\/a><\/em> (2022) Ada Maria Soto<\/a> (The Agency)<\/p>\n

\"Agents<\/a><\/p>\n

Martin’s dietitian would be glad as well. Evidently, his comment at his last appointment of ‘I currently weigh more than I did prior to the incident’ did not paint a good picture of Martin\u2019s long-term health management skills. Martin was sent home with an entirely new food plan that Arthur had to rework into meals that Martin could and would eat. It was an ongoing project, but Arthur was patient.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

patterns and routine gave his life order and that other people caused breaks in those patterns that could verge on physically painful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since the ‘incident,’ as it was officially called, where he’d been left for months in filth, he’d found himself particularly sensitive to being dirty. Not quite enough for it to count as a full trigger, but less tolerable than it had been.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“So, when did you get married and adopt thirty children?” <\/p>\n

“That did not occur and is an exaggeration.” <\/p>\n

“No, but going by these changes you want made to your trust, will, and various assets, it sure is easy to believe that. So, who is this Arthur?” <\/p>\n

“My friend.” <\/p>\n

“Don\u2019t lie to your lawyer.” <\/p>\n

“He-” <\/p>\n

Is the name I put on form B-837<\/em>. <\/p>\n

“Is someone who accepts me exactly as I am and has my heart for it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Rookery Publishing<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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