Isolation Ward by Joshua Spanogle

Author:Joshua Spanogle
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780440335863
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2006-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 52

“Please come back.”

“I can’t, Brooke.”

“What do you mean you can’t?”

“I need to call her children.”

“You can call them tomorrow.”

“I can’t do that.”

“You need to sleep,” Brooke said. “Look, I’ll come pick you up; then I’ll bring you back tomorrow morning. You can—”

“Thanks,” I said. It was after two a.m. I’d called Brooke to unload. But after waking her up, I couldn’t think of anything to say. Any words I could think of—hollow, cored-out, sad, miserable—would sound too trite, too unimportant. “You go back to bed. I’ll be there sometime soon.”

“Nathaniel—”

“Good night, Brooke. Thanks.”

I hit End on the cell phone. Thirty seconds later it rang.

I answered. “Brooke—”

“You shouldn’t be alone.”

“I have the dogs.”

“Nathaniel.”

“I appreciate the concern, but I really have to go. Good night.” I ended the call. It began to ring again. I silenced the ringer.

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