Chapter 82

“Thanks, Malcolm,” I said. “I’ll be waiting for your call.”

“What did Malcolm want?” Dani said.

“Just something he wanted me to take care of. How are you feeling today?”

“Same as always, why?”

“You’ve been working so hard, I worry about you.”

“Now that you mention it, I am a bit tired,” he said.

“Then as your unofficial doctor, I prescribe a nap. As soon as you get back to your office, lock the door, open up that cot you have in the back room, and make use of it.”

“I might just do that.”

I saw my last patient at three thirty, spent thirty minutes on paperwork, and went to Dani’s office. “Ready to go home?” I said.

“Quitting early, are we?”

“Last patient’s gone, paperwork’s done, why not?”

“Two ticks,” he said.

“Did you take a nap?” I said as we walked to the tram stop.

“Sorry, never got around to it because the phone started ringing.”

“Yeah, Mr. Bell has a lot for which to answer, doesn’t he?”

“No shit.”