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Vincent Gilbert did His healing went beyond the flesh, beyond the blood Beyond the bones

Gilbert patted the covers and et up, but hesitated He picked up a small bottle of pills on the bedside table "I found these in your pocket"

Beauvoir reached out but Gilbert closed the pause Finally Gilbert relented and opened his fist "Be careful with these"

Beauvoir took the bottle and shook out a pill

"Perhaps half," said Dr Gilbert, reaching for it

Beauvoir watched Dr Gilbert skillfully snap a small OxyContin in two

"I keep the the tiny half pill as Gilbert handed hi foolish?" asked Gilbert with a sht need another bottle"

"Har har," said Beauvoir But already he could feel the warht have been in Gilbert’s comment drifted away

As he dressed, Beauvoir watched the doctor in the kitchen spooning soup into tls and cutting fresh baked bread

"Les Canadiens are playing tonight, aren’t they?" Gilbert returned with the food andup in bed "Want to watch?"

"Please"