The Man From Beijing by The Man from Beijing

Author:The Man from Beijing
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2010-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

The following day Birgitta Roslin went to see her doctor. It was a windy winter’s day with gusts blowing in from the sound. She felt impatient, couldn’t wait to get back to work.

She only had to wait for a few minutes before it was her turn. The doctor asked how she was, and she said she felt fully restored. A nurse took a blood sample, and Birgitta sat down in the waiting room once more.

When she was called into the examination room, the doctor took her blood pressure and came straight to the point.

‘You seem to be in good form, but your blood pressure is still way too high. We’ll have to keep on trying to pin down the cause. I’m going to put you on sick leave for two more weeks. And I’m also going to refer you to a specialist.’

It was only when she was back out on the street and hit by the freezing cold wind that the results really sunk in. She was very worried about the possibility of being seriously ill, despite her doctor’s assurances that this was not the case.

She stood in the middle of the square with the wind behind her. For the first time in many years, she felt helpless. While she was standing motionless, she felt her mobile phone vibrating in her overcoat pocket. It was Karin, who wanted to thank Birgitta for having visited her.

‘What are you doing?’ she asked.

‘I’m standing in a square,’ said Birgitta. ‘And at this very moment I haven’t the slightest idea what I’m going to do with the rest of my life.’

She told Karin about her visit to the doctor. It was a frozen telephone call. She promised to call back before Karin left for China.

When she got home and opened her garden gate, it started snowing, and the wind increased.

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