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Chapter Twelve
The warm, pleasant days of August and September had yielded to the
cooler temperatures of October, and Calgary found itself waffling
between balmy daylight hours and almost frigid nights. The staff at
the Holy Cross Hospital joked that they came to work in summer
and left in winter. But Tyne had become accustomed to the wildly
fluctuating temperatures in the four years she had spent in Alberta’s
fastest growing community.
She had been on a tour of afternoon duty, and had felt isolated
from both Moe and Cam. When she arrived home at the apartment
shortly after eleven o’clock each night, she usually found Moe sound
asleep. Cam had been working long shifts of odd hours, and they had
seen little of each other for almost two weeks.
Arriving home one Friday night in mid-October, Tyne found a
note from her sleeping roommate. Hi, kiddo, how about if we go see
Curly’s mom tomorrow? I have the day off, and you (you lucky girl)
hardly ever work Saturdays, anyway. I plan to sleep in, but will give you
a holler around 10 am. Cheers, Moe.
Tyne smiled. Moe liked to rub it in about her hours in the Operating
Room. “No night duty, weekends off, and an afternoon shift
every two months. How pampered can you get?” was Moe’s usual
refrain.
She was surprised that Moe had been the one to suggest visiting
Carol Ann’s mother. Tyne made a practice of visiting their former
classmate’s parents, but Moe seldom accompanied her. Tyne sensed
that Moe had not forgiven Curly for ‘making a mess of her life’, as she
expressed it. But all Moe would say when Tyne questioned her was…
Mayanaam
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Manolis 