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“No, it would be love There’s probably none stronger than a parent’s for a child You and I don’t have any experience with that, but it exists”

She shook her head “Even when the child’s defective?”

“Perhaps especially then When I was a boy in Dublin, there was a wohter had lost an arm in an accident There was no money for a replacement She had five children, and loved theed She built a shield around that girl, to protect her froed child she pushed to excel, who they all devoted themselves to The others didn’t need her as much, you see, as the one as flawed”

“There’s a difference between a physical defect and a mental one,” Eve insisted

“I wonder if there is, to a parent”

“Whatever Marco Angelini’s h to the truth in the end”

“No doubt you will When’s your shift over?”

“What?”

“Your shift,” he repeated “When is it over?”

She glanced at the screen, noted the tio”

“Good” He rose and held out a hand “Come with me”

“Roarke, there are sos I should tie up here I want to review the intervieith Marco Angelini I may find a hole”

He was patient because he had no doubt he’d have his oay “Eve, you’re so tired you wouldn’t see a hundred-meter hole until you’d fallen into it” Determined, he took her hand and pulled her to her feet “Come with me”

“All right,a bit, she ordered her cooose the techs at the lab They’re taking forever on the knife” Her hand felt good in his She didn’t even worry about the ribbing she’d take froht see the?”

He brought their linked hands to his lips and smiled at her over them “I haven’t decided”