JANE
### FLASHBACK YEARS AGO
We stay this way staring at each other, Bale as silent as I am. Until he inclines his head to the left and makes a move to adjust his sitting position.
"What happened back there, Bale?" I ask.
"Gates is a special person, Doctor Jane. He speaks and understands sign language."
"And since when do you sign to Gates, Bale, hm?"
"Since he told me that he understood sign language," Bale answered. "And you weren't the doctor assigned to either one of us, so, it's okay if you don't know."
Yeah, it's okay, right?
"But that isn't what I meant. I want referring to what you and James were doing back there. I was talking about before that. In the lobby, where you and I stood."
His smile does now diminish an inch. Always the happy patient. "Maybe you should tell m
