Chapter 32: Nobody Loves a Genius ChildDR. LUTKIN STOOD IN his doorway and watched Janina as she dashed across the lobby and up the staircase. Now that her back was turned to him, he could finally let his face show what he was truly feeling, a bottomless regret. He recalled the poem on a page he had removed from his old book of poetry before he gave it to Janina, Langston Hughes saying that “nobody loves a genius child.” So sad, but seemingly true. He had been so deep in thought that he hadn‘t noticed that Gail had remained in the lobby and was watching him now with great concern. She got up from one of the wingback chairs and walked over to him.
“Are you all right?” she asked.
Dr. Lutkin looked at her intensely for a moment, then looked away. “My God, what have I done?”
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