Mr. Nicholas by Christopher de Vinck
Author:Christopher de Vinck
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Published: 2021-10-15T00:00:00+00:00
TEN
FANTASY
Dr. Green. Dr. Green. Please call maternity.
Dr. Green. Dr. Green. Maternity.â The hospital loudspeaker brought some reality to where I was as I stepped up to the desk at the emergency room.
âMay I help you?â a woman in a white uniform politely asked.
âMy name is Mr. Kelly, Jim Kelly. Iâm here for my son?â
âLet me check,â the woman said, as she shuffled through a pile of papers on her desk. âOh, yes, JB. Heâs in room 4-D. Your wife is already there.â
I thanked the woman and ran down the hall. 4-A. 4-B. 4-C. 4-D. I stepped into the room and found Anna sitting on a chair next to the bed, and in the bed was JB. He was asleep with a bandage around his right arm.
âWhat happened?â I asked as I leaned over JB.
âThatâs a good question, Jim,â Anna hissed. âIâd like to know exactly what happened. Maybe you can start explaining what a ten-year-old boy was doing wandering the streets by himself in the middle of the night.â
âAnna. I read to him last night. We had dinner. He went to bed. I went to bed. Thatâs all I know. Heâs never snuck out of the house before. You know that. I couldnât have known this would happen.â
âYou never seem to know when much happens around you.â
âNow thatâs not fair. I do the best I can.â
âWell, obviously âthe best you canâ gets your son a bruised arm.â
âHow did it happen?â
âHe said that he fell off a deer.â
âWhat?â
âJB made up another one of his stories and said that he fell off a deer. He said that he was behind the hardware store on the back of that filthy creature you pulled off the highway last week. Anyway, thatâs JBâs story. He said he was riding the deer, then he slipped off and hurt his arm.â
âAnd you donât believe that?â
âJim, he also said that he and the deer were flying around the oak tree.â
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