Chapter 10 - Caleb Goes Into Surgery
The investigation stopped mattering for six hours.
Caleb went into surgery.
I sat in the hospital waiting room with my hands locked together.
Arthur insisted on coming.
He looked worse than Caleb.
His heart condition made long days difficult, but he refused to leave.
Richard arrived too.
I almost told him to go.
Then Caleb’s surgeon came out.
The procedure had gone well.
I cried into both hands.
Arthur leaned back and closed his eyes.
For the first time since the wedding, I understood something simple.
Whatever secrets surrounded him, he had saved my son’s life before
asking me for anything.
When Caleb woke, he whispered:
“Did Grandpa Arthur come?”
Arthur laughed when I told him.
“I’ve been promoted.”
Then his smile disappeared.
A hospital security officer approached.
Someone had tried to enter Caleb’s recovery floor using a false visitor
badge.
The person left before security could stop him.
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The badge carried one name.
CHARLES PENDELTON.
