. as much as she wanted my help with her missing surrogate prblem , she wasn't totally prepared for me to actually discover something that she had missed in the quick examination of lisa's temporay home .
"it may not be ," i said , i stood and walked in the direction of my bedroom door . merideth followd me . i gestured at the bed ." most people leave stuff near their bed . even in a hotel . a book . a magazine . a water glass , something look . the TV remote is still sitting across the room ."
i turned . merideth was noly a foot behind me . i could see that her eyes had begun to get moist ." yeah ?" she said ." so ?"
the "so" was poigant .
" i don't think a messy person - stevie was adameant that her sister's a sob - would make her bed like that .with hspital corner ?or straightn things up . put away the remote across the room ." i atepped forward and lifted the corner of the quilted bedcover ." see ?"
and with the bedspread folded perfectly the way it is ? that looks like it was done by a houskeeper , not by a slob ."
merideth said ." are you suggesting she hasn't been sleeping here ?"
"i don't know what i'm suggesting . you wanted me to notice what doesn't look right , this doesn't look right ."
"where would she have been sleeping ?"
the important question , of corse , was " with whom ?" the " where " was relatively irrelevant .
"it may not be ," i said , i stood and walked in the direction of my bedroom door . merideth followd me . i gestured at the bed ." most people leave stuff near their bed . even in a hotel . a book . a magazine . a water glass , something look . the TV remote is still sitting across the room ."
i turned . merideth was noly a foot behind me . i could see that her eyes had begun to get moist ." yeah ?" she said ." so ?"
the "so" was poigant .
" i don't think a messy person - stevie was adameant that her sister's a sob - would make her bed like that .with hspital corner ?or straightn things up . put away the remote across the room ." i atepped forward and lifted the corner of the quilted bedcover ." see ?"
and with the bedspread folded perfectly the way it is ? that looks like it was done by a houskeeper , not by a slob ."
merideth said ." are you suggesting she hasn't been sleeping here ?"
"i don't know what i'm suggesting . you wanted me to notice what doesn't look right , this doesn't look right ."
"where would she have been sleeping ?"
the important question , of corse , was " with whom ?" the " where " was relatively irrelevant .
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