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Chapter 40

That morning I received a phone call. The loud ringtone voice woke me up.

"Hello?" I answered, picking up my cellphone.

"It's Claire," came the voice on the other end of the phone. "I've read the book you left behind."

"Really?" I asked as I sat up in bed. "Did you like it?"

"I'm afraid you forgot to include something," Claire said with a slightly choked voice, sounding like she was holding back tears. "Would you come to my place to finalize it?"

I glanced at the clock, still showing eight in the morning.

"Okay," I replied. "I can catch the 11 o'clock flight."

"I'll be waiting for you here." Claire hung up the phone.

Around three in the afternoon, I arrived at Claire's clinic with Chrisna in a rental car. The nurses who knew me let us find Claire's office on our own. I let Chrisna explore the beautiful garden at the clinic as Claire seemed to want to talk privately.

"Are you looking for me?" I asked as I saw Claire. I could see her eyes were swollen, and she seemed to be carrying a he
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