I said yes, on the condition that he handle the strawberries.

He carefully sliced them while sitting at the table.

When Sadie woke, she declared it the best breakfast of the week.

PART 28

A young resident named Aisha came to our house carrying a folder of study questions and a container of soup.

She had trained under Callum and was nervous enough that she nearly dropped the folder at the door.

He waved her in, delighted to have something to discuss that wasn’t his own treatment.