Anastasia Kruger, MD by Paul Kelly

Author:Paul Kelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: professor, MD, Doctor, Fiction, Drama, consulting, Kruger
ISBN: 9781783333714
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2013
Published: 2013-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

BOB SOUTHFIELD DEBATED THE BEST WAY to tell Stachie of his findings, via Joshua Samuels. This actress or stripper that Joshua knew so well, could be someone other than Stachie’s mother, but it was a strange coincidence... he had to admit... and all the facts pointed to the same conclusion... so that, somewhere, Stachie had a step-brother, or sister of whom she had no knowledge.

He went over the facts, in his head as he saw them, time and time again and no matter how he tried or in whichever angle he approached them, two and two still made four... and Russia became distant from India and India narrowed down to Sri-Lanka... and to Fred... whatever his name was ...

He started to dial Stachie’s phone number and then he hesitated as his thoughts started to play havoc with his head... and he began to suspect the worst... Supposing it is a pure coincidence, he thought... Supposing this Fred whatever he calls himself wasn’t the child who had been born to Sylvana, two years before she gave birth to Stachie... supposing that child had been another little girl?... Then of course, everything would be alright. There would be no mystery... He could close that part of the file and Stachie could go on living just as she had been doing without any interference or disruption in her life... but what, if on the other hand, Fred McTavish or whoever he was, was the child in question? What then? Wouldn’t that put the cat amongst the pigeons? ...and how did he arrive at Stachie’s house as a male Carer just at the moment that Stachie needed such a person to look after Saul? The coincidence was preposterous, but no matter how Bob tried to rid his mind of the conjecture, the more puzzled and confused he became.

He considered the dangers of such a man living in Stachie’s house, if he was whom he suspected he might be... especially as she herself had said he was gorgeous... She openly admitBob that... and that she LOVED MEN... What was it she had said about this Fred fellow?... What was it? Ah yes he remembered. ‘Thirty-eight or something and looking more like an eighteen year old... ‘ was how she described him. ‘Gorgeous... gorgeous... gorgeous,’ she had said if he could remember rightly... Of course he could... How could he forget... It wasn’t just one gorgeous... but THREE... and that word rang in Bob’s head like a church steeple bell. ‘It’s not me you should be worrying about... it’s Fred,’ she had said... hadn’t she and a cold chill ran down Bob Southfield’s spine. My gawd... if Stachie acted according to her instincts, she would still have all the problems she has now, plus a teeny-weeny smattering of incest, thrown in for good measure. ‘This Fred is ALL MALE,’ she had said... ‘All male...’

Roseanna came into the office as he was mentally deliberating but he carried on thinking without taking any notice of her.

“Coffee?” she asked softly and in her usual carefree manner, but Bob went on thinking in silence.

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