Lawless (2012)
“The cut wasn’t wide. But it was impossible to tell how deep it went. Though clotting had started at the ends, blood still oozed from the center.
Gideon raised his head and looked at Ericsson. “Is there a doctor close by? One you regularly use?”
The man shook his head in a vacant way, as if he couldn’t hear. It was growing hard to hear anything because of the shouting in the street and the bells of arriving fire equipment. Gideon shook the other man’s arm.
“I asked whether you have a doctor!”
Ne...w tears filled Ericsson’s eyes. “Oh, God—I’m responsible for what’s happened to my boy—”
“No! If anyone’s responsible, it’s Courtleigh. We’ve got to save your son and then make Courtleigh pay. Now do you have a doctor?”
He’d counted on Courtleigh’s name jolting the other man out of his daze, and it did. Ericsson wiped his eyes, then shook his head. “A midwife delivered Torvald, and the boy was never sick a day after that. My Helga died suddenly, with no one attending her.”MoreLess
Gideon raised his head and looked at Ericsson. “Is there a doctor close by? One you regularly use?”
The man shook his head in a vacant way, as if he couldn’t hear. It was growing hard to hear anything because of the shouting in the street and the bells of arriving fire equipment. Gideon shook the other man’s arm.
“I asked whether you have a doctor!”
Ne...w tears filled Ericsson’s eyes. “Oh, God—I’m responsible for what’s happened to my boy—”
“No! If anyone’s responsible, it’s Courtleigh. We’ve got to save your son and then make Courtleigh pay. Now do you have a doctor?”
He’d counted on Courtleigh’s name jolting the other man out of his daze, and it did. Ericsson wiped his eyes, then shook his head. “A midwife delivered Torvald, and the boy was never sick a day after that. My Helga died suddenly, with no one attending her.”MoreLess
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