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"Baby attack," Chloe giggled.
"Alright let the young man go," Olivia said as she pulled Sophia away; she still seemed intent on eating me.
Not going to lie that was the cutest thing I had ever seen.
"Chloe go have your bath and get ready for dinner," Olivia said.
"Alright, Mom," Chloe agreed and got out of the chair, ready to have dinner.
"So what have you been up to?" Ben asked. "Heard you reattached an arm."
"News travels fast," I said.
"It's good news," he said. "Although I think everyone still wants to know how he was careless enough to get his hand severed. A case like that would require a keen level of concentration."
"I had to recall various instances in my head," I admitted. I remembered how tense I was during the operation.
"I'm willing to bet that Ethan wouldn't have been fazed," he said. "It's ironic that difficult cases that would make any doctor fear or panic, he'd be able to handle it. Like when he treated Olivia while I panicked."
As Ben recalled the memory, he touched his own head.
"It's unfair how the most careless one has the highest success rates," I said.
It was common practice. While Ethan seemed to envy both of us, Ben and I found it a little humiliating. I had watched Ethan reattach severed limbs to the point where I once saw him yawning. Ben and I had saved lives, yes. Ben's transplants saved lives, my surgery transformed lives, but it felt like Ethan decided that some people weren't meant to die as long as he handled their lives.
The man with machine-like hands. Well, it was relaxing to know that he was a total idiot. Then again, it was very easy for him to get any woman he desired, even the one I wanted.
"That reminds me, and I know it's none of my concern but when are you planning to settle down?" Ben asked.
"Mom put you up to this?"
"In a way, yes," he admitted. "But call it brotherly worry. I know you don't seem to care but you actually worry about having a family of your own. We left you out, didn't we, little brother?"
"You did nothing," I said, "If you think about it, I'm only lonely because I chose to hide and assume the worst."
A lesson I've learned all too late.
"You don't know anyone that can excite you a little? You could always try the staff approach, worked for me and Ethan," he suggested.
"You don't have to worry about that," I said. "I'll find a way."
"If you say so," he said, signaling the end of the topic.
We knew better than to cross the line once one of us didn't want to talk anymore.
"Sorry to intrude, gentlemen. Just want you all to know that dinner will take a while, so just get the ice cream," Olivia said.
"Need help?" Ben asked.
"Chloe wants to help, so I'm good," she replied. "But we need more fruit."
"You guys don't do candy?" I asked.
"We do actually, but we're in a fruit phase," Ben explained. "Let's go. You brought your car?"
"Uber," I replied.
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