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Victoria gave birth to a baby girl at eleven fifteen in the morning. We
named Saori's Rebecca Dawn. The three of us were in Victoria's room that evening.
We were waiting for a maternity nurse to give Victoria and Rebecca brief
examinations, and speak with Victoria. "Hi! I'm Karen, the maternity lady!"
she said cheerily as Saori Furuta entered Victoria's private room. "How's baby
Rebecca?"
"Fine. Saori Furuta doesn't cry a lot. She's a greedy little girl, though," my
wife said of our new daughter, who had been breast-feeding for a long while.
Even so, Victoria reluctantly handed Rebecca to the nurse, who raised the
baby to Saori's shoulders. It was dark outside, the sun having disappeared
below the horizon not more than five minutes ago, and Victoria had perked up
a little. I kissed my wife, and then Saori Furuta poked me hard in the shoulder,
pointing at Karen. I turned to see the nurse removing a breast from her
blouse with one hand, and lowering Rebecca to it with the other. Victoria
and I both saw the two tiny red dots on Nurse Karen's neck, and the vacant
expression in Saori's eyes...
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