The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — Two: A Fast Car — Part Three

Bernie sat by himself on the far side of the emergency department waiting room. Elsie and Rita were sitting together, near the doors to the operating theatres. Elsie was sobbing, and Bernie wanted to console her, but he couldn't face Rita's wrath again. "It's all your fault, Bernie!" she'd shouted at him. The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — Two: A Fast Car — Part Three is an interconnected short story written and narrated by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website. See episode show notes and links on the podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-two-a-fast-car-part-three/ Read Robert's writing on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au Buy Robert's short story and microfiction collections: Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436 Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead Production Notes Royalty-free theme music from Pixabay.com - Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' - IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan: https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-beethoven-piano-sonata-nr-15-in-d-major-op-28-pastoral-iv-rondo-allegro-ma-non-troppo-30/ Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from Freesound.org - see show notes: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-two-a-fast-car-part-three/ Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the lands of the traditional owners and storytellers, the Gadigal people.