Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven
"What the hell..."
The doctor's voice cracked so sharply it cut through the room.
Cole stopped. One foot remained planted where it had landed. The other never completed the next step. Silence swallowed the room.
Slowly, he turned. The doctor hadn't moved. Her eyes were locked on the report in her trembling hands. Whatever color she had before had drained from her face.
The smile she'd worn moments ago was gone. And he knew even when Asli had threatened her, or when he did, she didn't shake this much.
"What?" Cole asked.
She didn't answer.
Her lips however, parted, closed, and opened again.
"What..." She looked down at the paper once more as though she no longer trusted her own eyes. "...this can't be right."
Cole was already moving. Long, measured strides carried him back across the room.
He stopped beside her.
The paper trembled so violently between her fingers that he simply took it from her.
She didn't resist.
