Название: Moving Fostering Memoirs 2-Book Collection
Автор: Casey Watson
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары
isbn: 9780007573295
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Any further revelations were forestalled by the appearance of her name on a flashing screen above our heads.
Doctor Kenwick was old school and thorough, hence his surgery always ran at least an hour behind his other, younger colleagues’, so I was grateful that the receptionist had decided to allow us to jump the queue. ‘What can I do for you today, young lady?’ the doctor asked, peering over the top of his spectacles. He was so overweight that his stomach protruded over his belt and the buttons of his shirt appeared dangerously close to popping open, but the cheeriness of his expression more than made up for it, his deep jowls moving independently of each other as he smiled at his new patient.
‘What can I do for you today, young lady?’ Phoebe repeated, causing his smile to rapidly vanish.
‘I’m sorry, doctor,’ I said, marvelling that in spite of her delicate condition, she was still capable of mimicking strangers. ‘Phoebe drank some shampoo during the night and now she has a bad tummy ache,’ I said, producing the bottle from my bag. ‘She’s been sick several times this morning. We’re not sure what time you drank it, are we?’ I looked at her but she was in that other world of hers, flapping and rolling her eyes. ‘Autism,’ I said under my breath, raising my eyebrows and inclining my head towards her. I couldn’t help but register the look of disgust Phoebe gave me when I said it.
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