“Tom.”“Where had you hopped to, Tom?”“I’d gone to see a patient in South Africa.”“You’re a doctor?” She acts surprised. The old burger was 92.”I squint at her face, illuminated by the faint glow of the runway lights. “You kept insisting I had to go to school to be loaded.”“I can already imagine your bedside manner.” Misha laughed some more, a sound I had begun to love, but was now dreading to my core. Tell you what, mind having a drink with me in the next couple days or so? I have a feeling soon I will need any friendly face I can get.”“How so?”“Gitonga has 14 kids, but he left everything to me.”

Source: The Star September 15, 2023 09:37 UTC