Graham Masterton by Heirloom

Author:Heirloom [Heirloom]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-01-02T12:03:45+00:00

‘It can’t do any harm,’ said David.

Sara held her hand over her mouth as if to prevent herself from saying anything more. I could see the hurt in her eyes, and the fear too, but there wasn’t anything I could do to help her. Not unless I managed to purge our house and our family life of that hideous chair, for ever.

‘I’ll try to be quick as I can,’ I told Sara. ‘Barring accidents, or time warps, I should be back here before ten.’

She nodded, without taking her hand away from her mouth.

I bent over and kissed her forehead. ‘I love you,’ I said, simply, and she closed her eyes in acknowledgement of that simple fact, and to show that my feelings were returned.

The nurses allowed me to take one quick look at Jonathan before I left. David waited in the corridor, his hands clasped behind his back like the Duke of Edinburgh, clearing his throat from time to time as if he were about to make a speech.

He was the first Englishman I’d ever gotten anything like close to, and I must say it was a curious and educational experience.

It was like playing a game in which your opponent knew the rules, but you didn’t, and so you had to pick it up as you went along just by watching him. Quite often I couldn’t work out if he’d made a genuine move to improve our relationship, or if he was only being polite.

Jonathan hadn’t stirred. His one visible eye was still closed, his small fingers still clasped the blankets. I stood over him for a few minutes, and then looked up at the nurses.’Any change? Any signs at all?’

One of the nurses sympathetically shook her head.

I gently touched Jonathan’s forehead with my fingertips, and sang:

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