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Chapter 181: Natale, Part 19

James"So, what's his condition?"The doctor blows air, puffing out her cheeks. "You reached your friend only just in time. A few more days and he would have been beyond saving. As it is, the signs are that you rescued him before his vital organs began to shut down. However, as you would imagine, he's suffering from massive loss of weight, including muscle mass. And he's severely dehydrated. We'll bring him back to normal levels using a drip..."... We'll keep Mr Smith sedated for a day or so, until his signs are more normal. After that, he's going to have to take it slowly before eating and drinking normally again, while his stomach readjusts..."There is also the damage to his leg from the shackle. While unpleasant and undoubtedly painful, the wound is not infected and should heal normally. However he has several bites, we think from rats. Some of these are infected and require treatment. Again, keeping him unconscious will assist in the healing process."We are treating hi
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Chapter 182: Natale, Part 20

Klempner sits up in bed, well-propped, leaning back against pillows. A drip runs, plastic-tubed, to a dressing on his arm. A variety of other dressings, some heavier, some lighter, protect healing bites and injuries. His face, sunken as it still is, has lost some of that stretched-parchment look it had when we found him. His colour too is rather more normal, the yellow tinge less pronounced.The matted and stinking beard, now washed, has been combed out and while having a touch of the 'mountain man' about it, is no longer offensive. His hair is tied back in a neat ponytail. Klempner's eyes, although still heavily shadowed, are alert.The eyes follow me into the room. "Good morning, James." The words drag. The breathing is slow."Good morning. You slept well?""Yes, I slept extraordinarily well." With a claw of a hand, he lifts the edge of a sheet to his nostrils and inhales. "Fresh linen, clean sheets. I tell you, you don't appreciate life's simple luxuries until they're tak
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Chapter 183: Natale, Part 21

Charlotte's eyes widen. Michael throws up his hands. "What on earth does he have to be ashamed about? Most people would never have made it as far as Brazil. He followed Juliana, found her and now she's dead. He sacrificed himself. He almost sacrificed everything. Mitch is safe. Charlotte's safe. And we can all get on with our lives. I think even Hickman will be glad of a change of assignment. Or a holiday.""His physical appearance maybe. The depths to which he was reduced perhaps? Eating rats...""To stay alive for Christ's sake. Besides, if the rats hadn't learned to sideline him, it might have been them eating him. As it is, he's being treated for some infected bites. If he could bring himself to do it, then I'll applaud him.""And I agree. So... What?"Michael rubs the side of his nose. Sniffs. "He's a stubborn bastard. If he doesn't want to tell us, we'll not drag it out of him."Charlotte breaks in. "So put him on the spot. Make it so he has to respond."As one, Micha
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Chapter 184: Natale, Part 22

RichardThe phone vibes in my back pocket: a message from James.U free to talk?One min. Will call u backFrom the lounge comes the banter of female voices: Elizabeth and Kirstie laughing and joking. But the joking sounds artificial; the laughter, forced.Then Mitch's voice, indistinct; I can't pick out her words, but it sounds like an instruction.Slipping past the door and down the hall, I make my way to the rear of the house and outside. Then, checking I'm still private, I tap into my mobile.James face flashes up, set against a background of what looks like a hospital waiting room."Yes, James? What can I do for you? News of some sort I assume?""Yes. We've told Klempner about Mitch's pregnancy. He wants to speak with her...""A bit of an about-turn, then.""Yes... Richard, the reason he didn't want to talk to her before was because he didn't intend to return. And his reasons are good: quite simply, that he's likely to be arrested on the spot the moment Stant
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Chapter 185: Natale, Part 23

KlempnerAt last, I get some privacy with her. James ushers out Jenny, protesting all the way. Michael leaves too, turning as he exits to give me a kind of approving nod.Haswell poured glasses of champagne, passing them around at their side of the screen, although I did notice that he poured for Mitch from a different bottle. The top of the flute is just in view, spitting the odd bubble over the rim."Are you alone now?"She looks sidelong, off-screen. "Yes, they've gone.""What's Kirstie doing there?""I'm fitting her for her wedding dress. They've set the date for Christmas, remember.""I didn't know that.""Oh... no... Of course you wouldn't." She takes a sip of her bubbly, looking away. "It's been so long. They said you were dead. The police said there was a body.""There was, but not mine."She peers into the screen, searching my face. "How are you? What happened?""I'll tell you sometime, but not now. What's important, is how you are and..." I nod down, bel
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Chapter 186: Natale, Part 24

RichardMy mobile bleeps: James.Landed. at airport now. home approx 90 mins. Tell Mitch he's keenElizabeth grins at me as I tap in the reply.don't go home. come city hospital. Mitch in labourThere's a short pause...Elizabeth holds up her hand, counting down silent fingers: Five... Four... Three... Two...... and my mobile bleeps again.When M go into labour?3 hrs doc and midwife say early but all normal all goodWith you ASAP K got taxi flying on wings of fire*****The corridor is painted the required institutional off-white, scraped black in long stripes at trolley-bed height. The lighting is the compulsory harsh fluorescent white. One strip blinks on and off. Signs point off down apparently identical corridors: Intensive Care... Reception... A & E... Chapel and Prayer Room... Radiology... Cardiology... Breast Screening...How many ways is it possible to be sick?Footsteps echo along the corridor; marching footsteps, almost stampeding footsteps.A
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Chapter 187: Natale, Part 25

JamesAn orderly tries to block the way, arms outstretched in front of the door. "Sir, you can't..."Klempner simply brushes by him.From beyond, Mitch's voice. "Let him in..."The orderly spins, mouth open. "What? All of them?""Yes!!!! Ah... Fuccckkkk...."The monk's feet skid uselessly over the polished floor as he tries to resist his inexorable forward journey into the delivery room. His voice rises to a wail. "But I'm not a priest. I can't do this." Klempner growls, "I don't care if you're a priest, a rabbi, an imam, or if you ran the Bring-and-Buy at the church garden party. The lady here wants our child born in wedlock. You're going to marry us."Klempner turns his attention to Mitch, lying on her back on the delivery table, yelling her way through another contraction. She flings out an arm, grabbing at his wrist. He winces, but lays his other hand on top. "We'll just let this one pass..."The midwife, checking a bleeping monitor, flashes a look at Mitch. "Yo
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Chapter 188: Natale, Part 26

MichaelIt's dark...What woke me?Somewhere down and beside me, the sound of whining. "Scruffy? You need to go out, boy?"At this hour?What the hell time is it?I'm snug and comfortable, draped with a thick duvet. Charlotte, warm and fragrant, sleeps tucked in beside me. Through the curtains, it's pitch-black.Scruffy whines again, this time scratching at the bed.Wonder if he's eaten something he shouldn't?Stretching an arm blindly out beyond the cosy comfort of the blankets, I pat across the side-table, hunting for the light switch. When I find it, as it turns out, it's not Scruffy's habit of eating every bit of rubbish he comes across that is at fault. The clock tells me it's half past seven and my rag-tag mongrel is making a perfectly reasonable request to be let out to relieve the pressures of the night.But outside, there's no sign of daylight and, joys of joys, rain lashes against the window.Goodbye to summer...Scruffy's whining ups by half an octave
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Chapter 189: Natale, Part 27

Two coffeepots later, we've run out of croissants and moved onto toasted muffins. James slices one in two, dropping the halves into the toaster. He pauses, "Another one, Beth?"She's sitting up against the headboard, next to Charlotte, the two propped up against each other, eating from a shared plate. Beth slathers butter and blackberry jam onto what she has. "Thanks, but I'm fine with this, James. I'll not eat again 'til suppertime.""Charlotte?""Mmmm..." She nods, mumbling through a mouthful, wiping a smear of melted butter from the corner of her mouth. She swallows, then holds up half a muffin - minus two bites. "What is it about muffins and bad weather? I always want more of them."James rolls a look at her, then to me, shaking his head...A wise man says nothing...Richard sucks jam from his fingers, lips smacking. "On a complete change of subject... Elizabeth and I were talking..." Beth falls still, her shoulders slumping... "... Please don't take this the wrong way,
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Chapter 190: Natale, Part 28

KlempnerThe view is restful. Living in Mitch's small apartment, hidden away from the world, does...... I suppose...... constitute 'domestic bliss'. But that's at night. For much of the day, we spend our time in the main family home of Jenny's Triad. The women chatter and gossip. The men alternate between business and banter. One or other of the babies always needs attention...It's exhausting.But when it comes to it, that's not the root of my problem.Retreating from noise and activity and 'family-fun' to the sanctuary of the terrace, I let the view wash away the anxiety gnawing at the back of my mind.It's always the waiting...Give me action and some lunatic with a gun every time...Stay calm...Mist curls over the lake far below. On the slopes close by, every blade of grass is etched with a rime of frost that will thaw to dew when the sun crests the mountain. Further down, the individual blades meld into a smooth sheet of silver that merge into haze and wa
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