Third Strike
“I still had trouble getting my head round how wasteful America was with its land. Unless you were in the heart of a big city, nobody seemed to bother about redeveloping brownfield sites. They just boarded up the old building and went and broke ground somewhere fresh. Even the smallest business had a car park the size of Sweden.
It seemed to take forever to reach the hospital entrance. We drove in through carefully landscaped grounds that looked more like a golf club than a medical facility, wit...h fiercely posted speed limits. I hoped the ambulances had a faster approach road, or their emergency patients were likely to expire between the main road and the front door.
We’d already detoured via a roadside rest stop for Sean and I to change into our disguises. My father had decided to bluff it out in the role he played best—arrogant surgeon. He would walk my mother in through the front entrance and we’d meet up inside. Entirely from memory, he gave us precise directions to the elevators and the stairwell.MoreLess
It seemed to take forever to reach the hospital entrance. We drove in through carefully landscaped grounds that looked more like a golf club than a medical facility, wit...h fiercely posted speed limits. I hoped the ambulances had a faster approach road, or their emergency patients were likely to expire between the main road and the front door.
We’d already detoured via a roadside rest stop for Sean and I to change into our disguises. My father had decided to bluff it out in the role he played best—arrogant surgeon. He would walk my mother in through the front entrance and we’d meet up inside. Entirely from memory, he gave us precise directions to the elevators and the stairwell.MoreLess
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