" jack had contracted oden after he taked to paulson , oden knew jack had learned about jaana's pregnance . oden panicked - he started following jack as soon as he lefft san diego to come up tpo meet with lisa . jack was oden's initial target . t looks like jack just told lisa too much . i'll keep you posted if i learn more i...;uh , i'm leaving LA . something came up ." beep .
the phone rang . caller ID read out of area .
amy's 's calling back , i thought . my pulse raced .
i said ," hello ."
a crisp , clear , male voice said ." hello ."
the man had the type of generic accentr that caudsed me to think that i might be getting an unwelcome robo - call from a politician or a charity .before i could erespond to his greeting . he continuted ." this is joost holkenen . i am calling from hilvrersum , in holland , it's not far from amsterdam . isthis alan gregory ?"
why do i care where hilversum is ? i thought . then i felt my legs begin to buckle .
i was no longer enjoying the afterglow of a pre-dusk walk with the dogs on the dusty trails of spainsh hils in late summer. suddenly it was the previousapril all over again and it was three o'clock in the morning and i was trying to decipher the shocking news from iserael that my friend adrienne was dead .
oh, god , joost holkenne was in holland . hilversum is in holland .
"yeas , are lauen and grace okay ?" i said . please . please .
"your daughter is well , good . she is a fine child . lauren is ...ill . i'm afraid . suddenly . this afternoon ....early evening , really . she is in hospital here , in hilversum . she has suffered some ..... paralysis . she is resting right now ."
lauren is paralyzed . holy shit ," lauren ? her MS ?"
"yes , doctor say . the MS , in her legs ."
i tried to recall the nuerologist anatomy , i thought "legs " likely meant a spinal cord lesion ." leg " - sngular - was more indicative of a lesion in the brain ." both legs ?"
the phone rang . caller ID read out of area .
amy's 's calling back , i thought . my pulse raced .
i said ," hello ."
a crisp , clear , male voice said ." hello ."
the man had the type of generic accentr that caudsed me to think that i might be getting an unwelcome robo - call from a politician or a charity .before i could erespond to his greeting . he continuted ." this is joost holkenen . i am calling from hilvrersum , in holland , it's not far from amsterdam . isthis alan gregory ?"
why do i care where hilversum is ? i thought . then i felt my legs begin to buckle .
i was no longer enjoying the afterglow of a pre-dusk walk with the dogs on the dusty trails of spainsh hils in late summer. suddenly it was the previousapril all over again and it was three o'clock in the morning and i was trying to decipher the shocking news from iserael that my friend adrienne was dead .
oh, god , joost holkenne was in holland . hilversum is in holland .
"yeas , are lauen and grace okay ?" i said . please . please .
"your daughter is well , good . she is a fine child . lauren is ...ill . i'm afraid . suddenly . this afternoon ....early evening , really . she is in hospital here , in hilversum . she has suffered some ..... paralysis . she is resting right now ."
lauren is paralyzed . holy shit ," lauren ? her MS ?"
"yes , doctor say . the MS , in her legs ."
i tried to recall the nuerologist anatomy , i thought "legs " likely meant a spinal cord lesion ." leg " - sngular - was more indicative of a lesion in the brain ." both legs ?"
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