289 wivesbehavingbadly

. the head nurse was ensconced at the nurse  ' station . she was neat , carewore , and so small  she barely  crowned the pile of papers  in front of her ." who ? " she asked . it tooks her a couple  of minutes  to sift through the notes and get a fix  on eve . then she informed me that eve could  leave  the hospital the following day but required  dedicated  nursing  and would not be property on her feet for at least  six weeks . she outlined a program of light  meals , sponge  baths , and pill taking whose implication s instantly triggered   a cold trickle down  my spine .
i tackled the live -in agency stand in who had arrived for the week and gave a rundown of of evee's nursing  care  . the girl  - australian , blond , smiling - shook  her head  and said politely  ."i'm afraid  agency  rules prevent me from doing anything except look after the kids ."
the telephone odyssey recommenced ." if you could look in once  ." i pleaded with tessa / kate/ paige  ." just to check up on eve and make sure that's she taken her pills and eaten something ."
tessa  said .," if she eally ill  , you'd better get in an agency nurse ."
"i already have  an agency nanny . and she's  costing the earth ."
kate was more  sypathetic  but less helpful ." you'd better stay at home , minty . how would you feel if something happened  to eve ?"
paige said ." i'm not taking to you , minty . not only do you lecture me , but i've discovered that you're on martin 's side  ." how ?"