ith you," Li

her. He put the flashlight and it

Tha

t, Kelvin isn't here yet. Now that I'll be gone for a while, it's just Nasir and Trina wil

of Liza's mouth. "Fine. But

she prom

arched out of the supply ro

at emergency he was tal

ded to adjust the straps of her bag, just so

come

tell Liza about what Kelvin said, but she didn't want her colleague to panic. Besi

come

at he said? If her friend and colleague was in tro

friend, then she took the hanging key from the bul

tside. "Be careful driving, love. And contact the cli

wil

the ignition. She tried to start it several tim

t the nurse and managed a smile loaded with enco

ly he had memorized the way. In the eight months she was assigned to San Jose, it was impossible for her not to master the road, but she still couldn't run fast.

ntain. In the morning, it only takes about an hour to drive there, but Thalia doesn't want

of her for the duration of her drive, a light

d at the unexpected

ers moved around with purpose, their murmured voices wafting into the open window of her pickup truck. She immediately recognized the uniforms of the

reen uniforms were actually American soldiers

, unable to tear her eyes off

iving ahead, so she just stepped on the brakes to st

azed fans surrounding a celebrity's car. They forcefully opened the driver's

nd circled her upper arm and squeezed it hard. Sh

outh because it was covered by mask, but judging by his

ort. A colleague of m

he suddenly noticed somethin

ke... garbage bags? What the hell were these soldier

he saw. It happened to be an African-American soldier with shuttered bro

he asked, her voice sound

was forcibly dragged again. "Please come w

anywhere until you tell

r protest. He even tig

"You can't just detain me for no reason!

sted, it seemed that he did not hear h

-

lia's jaws clenched. If they ask

he chair she is currently sitting on is the unique piece of furniture in such a tent. She wasn't tied or handcuffed, but she could tell that s

od. Those body bags out there...God, where is Kelvin? Why didn't she even see

d. No signs of life.

e question

he surgical masks everyone wore definitely indicated there was some sort of medical emergency in progress, but because nobody was

halia Ricafort. I'm a doctor and I run the clinic in Valera

suspicious of her. When he folded his arms, her eyes tu

ss, it's general. That's why he seems authoritative while speakin

ny times do I have to answer these same questions? I told you, Dr. Carter radioed me. It soun

e," ordered the

nk because there were no stars attached to his uniform. "Geez, was I be

d the general, it seemed that he

ed an eyebrow, then s

pped the barrels of their assault rifles in her

t," she said coolly,

ed. "Let's not play games,

isn't a game, for Pete's sake! Where is my colleag

receive an answer from him.

taff at the Valero clinic th

N

she could do. As it was, she'd only officially told Liza about her plans. He was afraid that if she told the truth

ne?" The second soldier replied that

"My colleagues had their hands full in the clinic with some potential cholera

e general nod to the second soldier which made Thalia

hem. "Why are you wearing

ur concern," the ge

and you're clearly worried that there's been an outbreak of s

the questions here. Now please tell

eel fear. Her palms were sweating and her whole body began to

here have

t," the gene

e snappe

red. "No

k to a lawyer." She scowled at him. "Or to someone

folded her arms as she gl

el and stalked towards the tent's entrance

side the tent. She suspected the guards were right outside thos

if she di

t what were the contents of the piled body bags. Be

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