Dr. Max Hastings
AFTER
“And what happened after that first time at the Belmond?” Dr. Jones asked me quizzically when I’d finished recounting the story. “How did you leave things?”
after“I finished up some charting at the office, and I went home.”
“And then?”
“And then my wife and I took my daughter to visit Santa.”
“Santa?”
“That’s correct.” For days, Nina had been insisting we get Ellie’s photo with Santa. Her own mother had demanded it. Nina wanted to please her mother, and she also wanted to beat the crowds. I’d argued that it wasn’t even Thanksgiving, but my wife had vetoed my opinion by telling our daughter about the occasion.
“Did your wife question where you had been?”
“No.”
“Did she ever question your whereabouts?”
“No.”
“And why do you think that is?”
“I suppose becau
