NOAH
I wait and tell myself "life ain't chess,"
Even though the Olson would not say at this point that he and Loren were friends, he accepted the sympathy as well as the hand on his shoulder. As unfortunate as it was, Noah knew the two men were not alone in this. There were so many women who faced complications in the birth process that killed them, their children, or both. In Noah's mother's case, it had been both.
"Well," Noah said, straightening himself up again and pulling his cloak tight around him. "I better be going. Got a few more errands to run before I head home. Thanks for the kits and medicines. Keep me posted about the medical school." He stepped back and gave Loren a simple wave of good-bye, not knowing the next time he would see him everyone would fall to shit, hoping that the man would really be able to open the school and that, maybe, more Halovians would begin to accept him here.
But no one comes in and yes, you're alone...
