chapter nine
early the next morning , shrieks of protest from twins , abandoned bowl of cornflakes , mad hunts for reading primers , a flustered eve , a preoccied nathan - the phone rang . it was martin .
"minty , minty ..... listen . we have another son . he arrived late night . isn't that great ? he's big : he's beautiful . he's perfect . he's even textbook weight ."
"oh , that 's lovely . congratulations ." i cocked an eye at nathna departing out of the door ." we're thrilled ." nathna sent me a thumbs -up sign and disappeared .
tiny baby in a cot . all four limbs and ten digits accounted for . clean and sweet after the traumas of its arrivel .
a good , happy , successful life .
there was traffic noise in the background . marin was clearly on his way to work ." did you get any sleep ? shouldn't you take the morning off ?"
" i had more sleep than i bargained for ."
"oh , was it that fast ?"
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