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She thought back to the time when she’d cared for the Professor while he was drunk She’d helped him to his apart green cash hiers through his hair, wondering what it would be like to have a baby to care for At the ti down on the handso inside her was shifting Soed
“How is he?” Rebecca eyed Julia with concern as she entered the kitchen the following afternoon
Julia placed a tray on the counter “He’s asleep He says he’s uncomfortable, but he wouldn’t take his pain pills until I threatened hihed “How did you do that?”
Julia placed the dirty dishes in the sink “I reer he’d have to wait for sex He grabbed the pill bottle out ofhim to take hisa smile
“Chicken soup for dinner with homemade rolls How does that sound?” Shean entire chicken in a stockpot
“Delicious Thank you”
“Will you need me to stay this weekend?”
“No I’m sure we’ll be fine” Julia looked at Rebecca with interest “Would you do that?”
Rebecca placed the lid back on the stockpot “Of course I can be here whenever you needthe holidays And even then, if I had advance notice, I could work soht sound silly, but I think of you two as faainst the counter “It’s sodisappears and clean clothing appears in its place There’s always food in the fridge or freezer and the house is immaculate I’d never be able to do what you do”
“Sure, you could But you couldn’t be a student, too You’d have to choose one or the other Are your brother-in-law and his fa to visit?”
Rebecca wiped her hands on her apron and moved to the kitchen island An iPad was propped up on a stand, like a cookbook She opened the iCalendar application and scrolled through it, looking at the Emersons’ appointery, we decided it would be best if they ca, anyway” Julia winced in reht I mentioned it I’m sorry”
Rebecca waved her hand in the air “No problem I’ll adjust the calendar”
“I didn’t expect Gabriel to be so weak after his procedure He insists he’s going to work tomorrow, but I don’t see how he can He’s in pain”
“Men make the worst patients They don’t take their medication, they don’t do what they’re told, and they never, ever admit they’re sick They’re like cats”
Julia chuckled “I’ll reive a pill to a cat than to a ain, a ood thing he’s upstairs He’d be cross with us for co him to a cat”
Rebecca winked “Meow”
Chapter Forty-nine
The week following Gabriel’s surgery, he was alruht observe that being gruruood huas to do with her mood
“There’s a letter from Katherine” Gabriel waved in the direction of the kitchen table, where the day’s mail was stacked
Julia picked up the sh, the letter was froe, Oxford
“She’s still in England I would have thought she’d be back in Toronto by now”