Lee sat back, a vaguely amused smile on her face, as she listened. "A doctor. So you're either an idealist, a masochist, a power junkie, or in it for the money. Give all the bullshit you want about saving lives and higher callings, but it's always one of those four. I'd say you're a little old to be an idealist--unless you got into medicine late in life. I'd have to do a little more digging to rule out any of the others."

She wasn't nearly drunk enough to spill her life story in a nutshell. So she stuck to the edited, not-quite-a-lie version. "I'm a gym teacher." She gulped down some more beer and grinned wickedly. "And there's nothing like a nice dark beer after a day of trying to organize teenagers into something that resembles a civilized basketball game."