For a moment, the Quinns engaged Doctor Max in questions about twins and triplets. Then, finally, he said briskly, "Now, I'm going to leave you with Nurse Kara. She is very knowledgeable, and I know she will be helpful."
He glanced briefly in Kara's direction. As she might have expected, his expression was no longer tender— his eyes were hostile, as if it were she who had behaved intolerably, not himself. A bitter question of his own seemed to hover on his lips.
"I expect there are questions you would like to ask her," he said.
The questions the Quinns wanted to ask Kara seemed endless. They also wanted a tour of the unit itself and the clinical investigation room. It was 7:25 when they left.
Kara quickly remembered that she had told Kyle to meet her at the canteen by 7:00 PM that even
