Harlem Redux by Persia Walker

Author:Persia Walker [Walker, Persia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9780595129218
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2000-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

David was nearly out the door when the telephone rang. He had a sense of impending disaster the moment he realized who was on the line.

“What’s this all about, Doctor?”

Dr. Steve cleared his throat. “After our last conversation, I went over my notes on Lilian. It seems there was some question about whether she was indeed pregnant—”

David was stunned. “What?”

“Your sister was displaying all the signs of early pregnancy when she came to see me. But pregnancy wasn’t the only explanation for her symptoms. I agreed with her that she probably was pregnant, but I cautioned her that I could not be sure. Not at that time. And I told her to come back.”

“Why didn’t you tell me this before?”

“Because I did believe that Lilian was pregnant. Now, however, looking back, I realize that it was partly because she was so sure herself—many times a woman knows these things. But you yourself told me there was no child. We both know she was not the kind of woman to have had an abor—a termination. And surely, someone would’ve known if she miscarried. So what else can I conclude?”

David leaned on the wall. “Doctor—”

“I’m sorry. But given what I later heard about Lilian’s state of mind, there is the chance it was a hysterical pregnancy that simply went away by itself.”

David rubbed his eyes. “Do you actually think that’s possible? Knowing Lilian, you—”

“I know what you mean. Normally, she wasn’t the type to have hysterics, but, at the end, she wasn’t … well, she just wasn’t normal, was she?”

There was a silence.

Then David drew a deep breath and sighed. “Thank you,” he said and hung up.

For a long moment, he stood there, lost in thought. Then he grabbed his coat and headed out.

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