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Sophie’s father is not at his desk. His receptionist says he’s visiting patients in the psych ward at the hospital. She says he’ll be back soon and she gets Sophie a cappuccino and Sophie bounces Rebecca on her lap and sips her cappuccino and looks at the beige walls and glass coffee table. She looks across the room at the windows that look upon downtown Toronto. Way up. They are way up. Too far up. It must be scary working up here now, Sophie thinks. After everything.
It amazes Sophie that her father listens to people complain all day long. It amazes her because he never listens to Sophie.
The receptionist talks quietly on the phone and then begins to type something into the computer. She smiles at Sophie every so often. She hasn’t once looked at the baby.
A man comes in the waiti
