Registration class with Miss Stone forty years ago created scars mental and physical.

“Rogers?” she would call, aware of his impediment. “Enunciate!”

“P-P-Present,” he stuttered.

Now the twisted face of the stroke patient in emergency looked familiar.

“I’m Doctor Rogers. When did you suffer the stroke? Enunciate, Miss Stone.”

Silence.

John B Sinclair is a much-travelled Scot who has now returned to Scotland, where he enjoys freelance writing on a variety of subjects.

Editor’s Note: Read the sequel, Payback (Part Two).