chapter 1 (cont.)

     An intern helped the doctor remove his bloody layer of protective clothing and toss them in the hazardous waste disposal bin by the door. Then Dr. Rudison set out for a washbasin across the room amid the clinks and clatters of his medical team wrapping up their final procedures.

     �Poor woman,� he said out loud.

     �And poor baby, with no mother,� Tina replied from across the room. She was the head nurse on Dr. Rudison�s medical team. Her practical no-nonsense persona impelled him to always request her and her well-coordinated team of nurses to assist him.

     Tina approached the doctor as he scrubbed, and she pointed to Clair�s chart that she held in her hand. �She died at the exact second the baby was born,� Tina said. �Talk about spooky.�

     �Yeah�and that�s not the only spooky thing about this one,� the doctor replied. �To say this day was extremely long and stressful would be an understatement. Hell, I think I�m even starting to hallucinate.� Nothing the doctor said was taken as a joke. �I just told Josh I thought the baby frowned at me kinda strange.�

     Dr. Rudison turned and stared for a moment at the dead woman lying on the bed as nurses scuttled around to clean her up. He dried his hands and headed toward the door, pointing in the vicinity of the infant. �Run the necessary tests on the baby and bring him back here. I�m going to talk to Mr. Essex.�

     �Sure,� Tina replied. She looked at the doctor like a mother looks at her frustrated child when there�s nothing she can do for him.

     He stopped and looked back. �He might want to see them together before we separate them. This would�ve been his family.�

     �Okay doctor,� Tina said.

     Dr. Rudison shoved the door and disappeared into the hallway. Tina turned and directed her team of nurses in cleaning up the blood and innards of Clair. Then she prepared to take the baby to the nursery for tests and to clean him up for an introduction to his father.

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