Messy, Wonderful Us by Catherine Isaac

Author:Catherine Isaac [Isaac, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Chapter 38

Allie

I’m roused by gentle birdsong, sunlight slanting through the gap in the curtains and thoughts of little Rowan Archer, with his brutal cough and missing tooth and mum who has to stop herself from crying every time she walks into Alder Hey Hospital.

I think about him bouncing onto the hospital bed and laughing at my jokes, unaware of what his future might hold. I feel a stab of impatience, wishing I could fast-forward to some sweet future moment when I and the team at Chapel Hill could definitively declare our gene-editing project a success.

I slip out of bed and head to the balcony, resolving to email Khalid again today to see if there’s an update, as I click open the glass-panelled door and breathe in the intense smell of the morning, pure air and pollen, picked up by the cooling wind when it blows in with each sunrise. The sky is painted a rich blue, blurring to incandescent yellow and orange. I suddenly wish I were only here to enjoy the scenery and that Ed and I could carry on like we did last night, savouring icy mouthfuls of gelato and every easy moment in each other’s company.

Instead, I contemplate what we’ve got to embark on today and a knot pulls in my stomach. My phone beeps and I return to the plug by the bed, assuming it’s Ed telling me that he’s up and ready to meet me downstairs. Instead, it is a text from Julia, which confuses me at first as we are an hour ahead of the UK, so it’s only 6.30 a.m. there.

Can we talk ASAP?

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