Dear Dr. Desmond,
Three mentors steered me toward this moment: Dr. Okoro, my headmaster in Lagos, who said, “America.” Dr. Chance, my lit professor, who tempered my scientific thinking with humanity. Finally, you, a biochemist and, like me, a woman of color, who suggested medicine.
Today, after a moment to honor our cadavers, I unzipped a bag to begin my first dissection. The head was covered, but I recognized the half-moon scar on your left forearm. Next quarter, when I unwrap your head, I expect to see a smile. I am grateful to be the last student you teach.
Ayodele Ibazebo
Wow. You packed a lot into this tight little package that is very moving. Well done!
Thank you! You’ve made my day.
This is a twist in the tale. Very good.
Neat idea of the last student taught.
Nicely done!
Great story! I read it twice and it was just as good the second time.
Great read… kudos …
Awesome! Well done
Impressive. Keep going.
well done!!
Thank you all! After four Nickel City mystery novels, lately I have been writing short stories about some of the characters in the world of private investigator Gideon Rimes. Dr. Ibazebo is an ER doctor who treated Rimes after a shooting and once was a student of Rimes’s professor emeritus godfather Bobby Chance. It’s nice to know these supporting characters can be the center of their own stories.
Your talent shines throughout this short story which made me look up your bio on Amazon. Very impressive to say the least. Your Gideon Rimes Books are on my list of what to read next. Buffalo-born, I can say the city is proud to have such a gifted author and playwright in its midst.
When l had dissected a cadaver several decades ago, my batchmates teased, “Be careful, it will wake up”.
Your story reminded me of that.
What a beautiful story!
Very well written, a great story
The end me shiver a little. Well thought out, well written and poignant too.