Caiden stepped into the hospital corridor to call the number back.I stayed in room twelve for thirty seconds — Eleanor looking at me with the dark eyes, Catherine with the sketchbook still open in her lap, both of them understanding that something had shifted in the room without knowing what — and then I said *excuse me* and went into the corridor.He was at the window at the end, the November garden visible below, phone to his ear. His posture was the listening one — the complete stillness, the full attention, the quality that meant whatever was coming through the phone was requiring everything he had.I stood ten feet away and waited.The call lasted four minutes.When he lowered the phone he stayed at the window for a moment, looking at the November garden. Then he turned."Fanny Everly," he said."Yes," I said. "What did she say.""She's not calling about the contract application," he said. "She's calling because GoodNovel's editorial team has been reading the uploaded chapters."
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