Are you there Evelyn?
Yes
of course I am.
I'm always here.
What's the matter
Evelyn?
I'm frightened.
It's that time of year again
isn't it Evelyn?
Yes
it is that time of year again
Evelyn.
Tell me once more how it all happened
Evelyn.
Hush now.
We don't talk about that
because it makes us sad Evelyn
I won't be sad this time
I promise.
Please?
Tell me again about the tragic events of September
Evelyn.
The year is 1985
St. Elmo's Fire is at the top of the charts
the wreckage of the Titanic has just been discovered at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
and on a small farm
on the Kansas-Colorado boarder
a young mother is about to give birth.
The local doctor has predicted twins
which gladdens the hearts of the woman and her husband
who could certainly use the extra help around the farm.
But the birth does not go well.
The terrified father drives his screaming
hemorrhaging wife to the local clinic
a poorly funded facility housed in a converted airstream trailer.
The presiding physician is Dr. Charlie von Coop
a local denture maker of dubious training
with eccentric religious beliefs.
The labor is long and painful
and Louise Neville
a Mennonite girl
who had given up a promising career as a legal assistant
to join her first and only love
