Chapter 41Sunday morning, October 16
AT ABOUT THE time Fritz's parents arrived in Riverboro, Dr. Spiritosa awakened the president. No one had dared disturb him, no matter how uncomfortable he looked. She apologized and told him a man in the waiting room claimed the president knew him.
The president stretched and shrugged his shoulders. Leaning against a room divider had stiffened his neck. He asked for any news. She said Dr. Sherman hadn't finished yet. “He has a lot of damage.”
“Is he gonna make it?”
She looked in his sad eyes with her tired ones. “Dr. Sherman's reputation, he's one of the best, and…” A scuffle around the corner interrupted her.
“Let go of me. I'm going in.” Ashley's shouts drew a crowd. When the president stepped through the doorway, he saw an overturned chair by th
