Chapter 88

“Is that my reward?” he said.

“For now.”

I held his hand, and we sort of locked eyes for a few minutes until the nurse returned.

“How do you feel?” she said to Dani.

“Lousy.”

“I should think so. You’ll feel better after you take this.”

He dutifully swallowed the proffered pill and drank from the cup she held for him.

“Dr. d’Argenzio,” she said, “why don’t you go home and get some rest. That little pill will keep him in a twilight state until early evening.”

“Yeah, I guess I can do that.”

“I should hope so. I understand you were out cold in the lounge earlier.”

“We didn’t get a lot of sleep last night, what with one thing and another,” I said.

I squeezed Dani’s hand, said, “See you later,” picked up my laptop case, and left.