Reblogged from Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie:
Chapter Fifteen
Later that evening, as Kate was sorting through her painting supplies to decide what she needed to stock up on, she thought she heard a child crying. She often heard all manner of sounds coming from the neighbours, and as far as she knew, no one had any children.
She looked around the room for Dylan, thinking it could be him and the silver tabby was nowhere in sight. It had sounded more like a child than a cat, she thought, and the memory of David suddenly burst into her mind.
He was so small when he was born, too small to have caused so much trouble.
The first hint something was wrong happened the morning after David was born. She awoke in the hospital bed and tried to move her legs, thinking she would get up and go to the bathroom. But something didn’t feel right. Her left leg felt heavy and awkward and didn’t want to move.
She pulled back the covers and discovered a red, angry leg, which had swollen considerably. She called to a passing nurse who took one look, told Kate not to move for any reason, and summoned the doctor.
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Thank you so much for re posting this weeks instalment from Nine Lives, Sue. I am emailing you because the links are not opening it. Not sure where the problem lies, but I have been having trouble with most comment boxes too. I have to copy and paste any of my comments, as they are just not accepted the first time. Hey Ho, it is all sent to try us, isn’t it? Best wishes Jaye
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The link is opening from here, Jaye. I wonder if you are having a browser issue? I know Firefox won’t let me tweet from half the sites I visit any more.
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I left Firefox for similar reasons, but Chrome isn’t playing nice either…
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I never got on with Chrome either.
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I am running out of options here,,,
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I’m just accepting the limitations of Firefox these days.
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That might be the better option. Trouble is, I cannot remember exactly what they did to upset me last time!
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There was probably a fair bit to choose from, though they do seem to update regularly.
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It seems to be the latest habit, and just about across the board too!
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It does… wish they’d leave it out a bit 😉
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Better yet, leave it out a lot!
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Heh 😀
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