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CHAPTER SEVEN
About the middle of the eighth month since Chief Mrs. Lucas traveled to London, her husband called her during one of those regular discussions they had every week and told her about his intention to visit her before the baby would be born. No doubt, this alarmed her more than any other problem that had so far arisen concerning the issue of pretending to have her own biological baby. At first, the anxiety this brought her blocked all the possibilities of thinking out a solution. Why should her husband come visiting her at this time when she was expecting that within a short time, her child would be born and sent to her through a young lady she knew was already waiting to carry out that assignment? Was it not a few days before that Dr. Zaki called her to inform her everything was set as Nelly was doing very well, heading towards the day of delivery? Could it be that any of her utterances or phone behaviours had ignited any form of suspicion
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