Night Calypso (2014)
“Ti-Jean brought the mail to the door of the pharmacy, where Vincent was working that morning on his own. He had seen him struggling up from the jetty on his crutches. He took the mail, noticing that Ti-Jean’s condition had regressed. It seemed like they were not winning that battle. Oh Alexander Fleming! If he only had the stuff, Vincent sighed. Ti-Jean hung back at the door. ‘I can’t see you now, Ti-Jean. Maybe this afternoon. Find Sister Rita, if you need attention.’‘Where Sister Thérèse?’ Th...e boy pestered like a child, though now, suddenly, he seemed older. Made old by sickness. Vincent thought how he had not noticed his growing up, like he had noticed Theo’s.‘Ti-Jean, you know Sister Thérèse is working up in Indian Valley now.’‘Magdalen!’‘What did you say, Ti-Jean?’‘Magdalen. Is so the fellas by the almond tree calling she.’‘Is that so?’Ti-Jean hung his head. Vincent watched him and realised that he could not feel the pain that he should be feeling with his wounds and sores in that state.MoreLess
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