Part 2, Growth, Summer 1993, Chapter 20, Nicholas Summary

Nicholas is angry at Paige, mainly because he has no one to watch the baby in the morning while he performs a bypass surgery. Nicholas calls the bank to cancel Paige's credit cards and freeze his accounts before he calls his mentor, Alistair Forgerty. Forgerty is unsympathetic. Nicholas searches Paige's phone book for a babysitter or a friend who would be willing to help, but finds that his wife has no babysitter or friends.

Max begins to fuss. Nicholas takes him upstairs to change his diaper and immediately gets christened by the baby's urine. Nicholas curses, imagining Paige in the baby's place. Nicholas takes Max downstairs and puts him in the highchair before he begins to search for the formula and baby bottles. It takes Nicholas a few minutes to work the whole thing out...