I looked up in surprise. "Not for speaking up earlier?" No, you seem to have learned the same ethical codes that I did... I'mglad you spoke up! I may ...ave researched the case more myself andfound the misdiagnosis, but most likely I would have just done theprocedure that was asked of me."I nodded. "I had a case like that once... Nearly cost the patienttheir life. I vowed to never do it again and always check everythingmyself." Well you've taught me to watch my fellow doctors more myself. Like. . at least thatgave me an excuse to be in our bedroom.An hour or so later, after a flurry of 'Good-nights' and finalwelcomes the children went off to bed, so Anna and I went toour bedroom to settle down for the night too, though I knew thather idea of settling down was not going to include sleep forquite some time.It was more than good luck that our bedroom was separatedfrom the children's bedrooms by a study, a linen closet and thevoid at the top of the stairwell. This was a buffer zone that. The covers were pulled up to her chin, her knees were up, tenting the sheet. She was staring at the ceiling. The phone vibrated, again. If it were an emergency, they would leave a message, and if it was the person who had called earlier, Candy couldn't answer. That conversation would have to wait until—She didn't know when or if she'd have the fortitude for that conversation.Candy had blamed the camera for her nefarious behavior, but spying was a childhood fetish, an itch that could be. I jokingly asked if she were open to bribery, to keep the contract going. Clearly a joke –the place was really as good as students could expect- and she grinned and asked how much I had in mind.I suggested a restaurant. I would love to buy her dinner. She’d smiled but neatly patted my offer away.A bit presumptuous of me, I admit. But I was so buoyant in my man-superior state that I persevered. Not like me at all.Lunch then? How long did she get? I had heard that the new place at Cherry Hinton.