Chapter 5: Gen 7
Doc Sue heard a noise in her sleep. It was nagging her, it was like a baby’s cry, piercing and overwhelming. The cry intermixed with her nice dream about living on the land, in a big city, driving a car, like she’d seen on movie night. Then there was baby-poop in the car.
Sue opened her eyes and sighed. The dream was gone, ruined. She peeked her head out of the covers and tried to listen.
Nothing.
She tried to get back to sleep, but her REM cycle was ruined now. She had insomnia for years now, but lately it was getting pretty serious. She had to medicate herself with sleeping pills, to avoid making a fatal error on some patient.
She absent-mindedly checked her comm. The usual notifications, chatter among the fleet, gossip amongst the ladies. Boring. Her friend saw her
