Nora Laid Her Teething Baby on a Sick Man and Felt His Fingers Twitch

He didn’t look at Theodore.

He didn’t look at my face either, keeping his eyes on the silver tray of water glasses beside the bed.

“Dr.

Wallace will be here at ten,” Christopher said.

“Make sure the side door is unlocked.”

“The lock sticks on the lower frame,” I said.

“I can go down now.”

“Do it now,” he said.