Chapter 23

“Are you feeling okay? Any

pain?”

Trevor assessed how he

felt. In truth nothing hurt, which surprised him. “No, I’m fine,

thanks. Will I be allowed to go home tonight?”

The nurse looked up at the

clock. “That’ll be for Mr Barraclough to decide, but because you

were last on the list and it’s getting late, he’ll probably want

you to stay in overnight, just in case.”

Trevor hated theJust in casepart. It could cover an endless number of scenarios, none

of them very pleasant. He was about to ask how the operation had

gone, what exactly they’d taken away, but part of him didn’t really

want to know, the other part knew the nurse wouldn’t tell him,

saying the consultant would answer all his questions in the

morning.

Sure enough her next words

were, “Mr Barraclough will see you on his rounds tomorrow, he’ll be

able to answer all your questions then. Try not to

worry.”

Had his face showed how

worried he was? Trevor smiled and closed his eyes.