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‘What is it?’ Hailey asked, ju up from the chair ‘Is he OK?’

‘Seems like he has an insect in his ear,’ Calluet my auroscope and some oil?’

‘Of course,’ she said breathily, holding out her arms

Calluering for a second on the swollen fullness of her lips They exchanged a heated look He knew he’d be inside her now if they hadn’t been interrupted How could he have let things get so out of hand?

‘O,’ To to Hailey’s neck

‘It’s OK, baby,’ Hailey crooned, sitting back down on the chair behind her ‘Wont be long now Daddy will get it out’ To hi kisses on his forehead

‘It’s scratching It’s scratching,’ he wailed

‘I know I know,’ she whispered She’d never had an insect in her ear but she’d nursed a couple of patients who had, and they’d described it as a truly awful experience

The insect’s tiny nified a hundredfold because of the proximity to the eardrum A noise that would normally need a powerful o dru off inside the head There were plenty of old wives’ tales about people who had been driven mad by insects in the ear, and if Tom’s frantic movement was any indication, she could see why

Calluhts as he returned with an auroscope, soled forceps, a bottle of olive oil and an eyedropper

‘OK, Tom Let me have a look in your ear’

Hailey sat To her lap, his face pressed into her chest, his head turned slightly so Calluht ear Callum inserted the funnel-shaped earpiece into Tonified viewfinder The light of the auroscope shone straight down, illu

‘Oh, yeah I see it A little black bug’

To his face into Hailey’s shirt

‘Lie down, To out’