‘There was a bit of a trauma during the operation. As soon as we saw the injuries we knew that the anesthesia would be intravenous, instead of inhalational. Needless to say, when Mr Bourne heard the anesthesiologist say that she’d begun Sodium Pentothal drip, he grew quite agitated.’ The doctor looked up at me. ‘He asked if this was a dry run for the real thing.’ I tried to imagine how it would feel to be Shay – hurt, aching, and confused – whisked away to an unfamiliar place for what seemed to be a prelude to his own execution. ‘I want to see him.’ ‘If you can tell him, Ms Bloom, that if I’d
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