(1997) The Truth by Peter James

Author:Peter James [James, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peter James
Published: 2010-07-02T10:47:50+00:00

Addison's voice became brittle: he was close to exploding. "Oh, yes?"

"Susan Carter is pregnant, but John Carter is not the father. She is acting as a surrogate mother in exchange for a large amount of money, I imagine.

you are not aware of this."

"I don't believe you."

"She has an ovarian cyst which, from time to time, is twisting and this is causing the pains. If she were a normal patient, and these were normal circumstances, Mr. Van Rhoe would have operated to remove this cyst."

The surprise of this information helped Harvey Addison to contain himself "What do you mean by a normal patient? And what is this rubbish about her being a surrogate mother?"

"You will have to accept my word for it, Mr. Addison, Susan Carter is a very special patient. As you know, such an operation carries a risk of the mother aborting. Mr. Van Rhoe is not in a position to take that risk."

"I can't comment about a patient, let alone one I haven't yet seen, Mr. Klindz, but operations to remove ovarian cysts are carried out frequently on pregnant women with only minimal risk to the foetus."

"I am instructed that it is not merely the risk of spontaneous aborting. There is unquantifiable damage that may be inflicted by the anaesthetics on the baby's developing brain."

"With respect, Mr. Klindz, I don't know where you are getting your information from but that is ludicrous."

"I have not paid this visit to argue with you. These are not my instructions. I wish to remind you of the words of Tomas hid Kempis. "It is much safer to obey than to rule.""

"Mr. Klindz, I'm going to call the police."

Klindz smiled. "Mr. Addison, I am not in any way of the opinion that this is your best option. You have a more important phone call to make. You need to phone Adam's school. The packed lunch your wife has given Adam. Something has happened to this lunch, a terrible error. Somehow, Mr. Addison, your little son, Adam, who has this allergy to peanuts that can kill him in minutes, somehow Adam has peanut-butter sandwiches in his packed lunch."

Harvey Addison thought about his son, with his flop of blond hair, permanent grin, and passion for bringing insects into the house. Adam, whom he had kissed goodbye not much more than an hour ago. He stared at the man sitting in front of him and wanted to hurt him. He felt a loathing for this man that was cracking the concrete edifice of his emotional dam.

Klindz watched Harvey Addison's knuckles clench and whiten. He could read the obstetrician's mind clearly: the man was deciding whether to assault him with his bare hands, but he was afraid of him. He thought about it too long, the moment for spontaneity passed, his anger was dissolving into fear for his child.

And now Klindz could really breathe in this man's fear: it was so strong, the atmosphere in this room was thick with it - not such a good perfume as the scents of Susan Carter but it had its own attraction.

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