A Chance for Charity (The Immortal Ones) by S.L. Baum

Author:S.L. Baum
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: teen, immortals, young adult, vampires, shapeshifter, vampire, paranormal, romance, supernatural, shifter, witch, shape shifter, immortal, witches
Publisher: S.L. Baum
Published: 2011-05-24T17:08:08.259086+00:00

chapter ten

HISTORY

“I was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The year was Eighteen Hundred Twenty,” James began.

“My God,” Link breathed, “that makes you a hundred years older than Charity. I never imagined.”

“Yes it does, Link. You’re quick on the math,” James smiled. “My father was a Professor of Law at Harvard, my mother a school teacher. Education was prized above all in my household. At an early age I was taught and encouraged to read. My parents brought all varieties of books home for my young mind to absorb. A journal of medicinal practices caught my eye when I was twelve and a fascination with all things medical in nature ensued. I was determined to become a doctor.

“My father, on the contrary, was determined that I become a lawyer and trained me as such. After exiting Harvard as a lawyer I worked in my given profession for a few years but still yearned for medicine. In Eighteen Hundred Forty-Six I moved to Boston and entered the Massachusetts Medical College of Harvard University, as it was called at the time. That was the last year that the Medical College was located on Mason Street near the Boston Common,” he paused.

“I’ve been there, to the Boston Common, it’s beautiful. I went with my parents when I was eight. Harvard Medical used to be there? I never knew that,” Link commented.

“Many people don’t,” James said, then continued, “It was my good fortune to witness one of the first surgeries performed using ether as an anesthetic. In October, of that year, a man was administered ether before surgery. A blood vessel tumor was then removed from his neck. I knew at that moment, without a doubt, that I would be forever fulfilled in my chosen profession of medicine.

“I worked as a doctor, at Massachusetts General Hospital, for a few years after finishing school. The hospitals, at the time, mainly served the poor. People who could afford their own quality healthcare received it in their homes, with house-calls by private doctors. The hospital gave me a greater chance to improve upon and gain new skills, with a variety of ailments and injuries walking through the doors each new day.”

“You were part of the birth of modern medicine,” Link said.

“I guess I was,” James said. “I stayed at the hospital through Eighteen Hundred Fifty-Two, when a peculiar thing happened to me. I was walking to work one December morning when I tripped and fell into the street, a horse drawn cart was coming my way and I was unable to avoid it. The heavy cart rolled over my left leg and an audible snap of bones occurred. Other than the broken leg, I escaped with just a few cuts, scrapes, and bruises. I was taken to the hospital where my injuries were assessed and my leg was set. I felt quite fine and insisted that I be brought home to convalesce in private.

“Alone that night, I examined my cuts to find them all but gone. My bruises which

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