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I'll go in alone. Great, I said. I would have liked to say it softly, but the noise of the airport was like the crash of the ocean, a continuous roar. He touched my right hand where it lay on the sheet.

Forrester? You're the doctor, Edward said, moving back to the foot of the bed. I looked delicate, like a china doll, but it wasn't ridiculous. I heard my voice like a distant thing, Why, Nicky, you bad, bad boy. That's not it, Peter said.