"Baby," he said softly, and kissed her.
"Mm," he said when he had finished kissing her.
The voice-phone rang.
He said, "Damn it."
It was Kronski, in his own room next door. "Did Wilcox leave yet?" he asked.
"Wilcox?"
"Yeah. The Doc. Is he still there?"
"I didn't know he was here at all."
Kronski said, "Huh?"
Pell said, "Maybe we better back up and start all over again."