Mallets Aforethought
“said my ex-husband Victor Tiptree. “I don’t want to sedate her and she wouldn’t let me, anyway.”
I’d called him while the officers were still handcuffing George, and to his credit he’d come over at once. Now he tucked his stethoscope back into his bag, his hands moving precisely as befitted a brilliant brain surgeon, even one who’d given it all up for a remote general practice.
“And the baby’s all right too?” I asked Victor.
“Absolutely. No reason it wouldn’t be. Ellie’s vital signs certainly a...ren’t showing strain. Girl’s got a constitution like a sixteen-year-old.”
Which was only a bit younger than I was when I had Sam, and I don’t remember feeling sixteen in the days before our son appeared. More like a hundred and sixteen.
“Changed your mind about the CPR class?” Victor inquired mildly. Trust him to get a zing in, whatever the situation. “Sam says you forgot,” he added. “Maybe on purpose?”
I swallowed a retort: The way you forgot you had a wife and baby son, back when you had so many girlfriends it was all you could do to keep track?MoreLess
I’d called him while the officers were still handcuffing George, and to his credit he’d come over at once. Now he tucked his stethoscope back into his bag, his hands moving precisely as befitted a brilliant brain surgeon, even one who’d given it all up for a remote general practice.
“And the baby’s all right too?” I asked Victor.
“Absolutely. No reason it wouldn’t be. Ellie’s vital signs certainly a...ren’t showing strain. Girl’s got a constitution like a sixteen-year-old.”
Which was only a bit younger than I was when I had Sam, and I don’t remember feeling sixteen in the days before our son appeared. More like a hundred and sixteen.
“Changed your mind about the CPR class?” Victor inquired mildly. Trust him to get a zing in, whatever the situation. “Sam says you forgot,” he added. “Maybe on purpose?”
I swallowed a retort: The way you forgot you had a wife and baby son, back when you had so many girlfriends it was all you could do to keep track?MoreLess
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