I Went to Visit My Sister After She Gave Birth — Then I Heard My Husband’s Voice in the Hallway

assumption: it delays the revision. There is a fraction of a second — sometimes longer — during which the incoming data is held in suspension while the mind attempts to reconcile it with what it knows. Kevin’s voice in the corridor made me think, in that suspended fraction: the meeting changed. He wanted to surprise me.

Then I heard what he was saying.continue reading …