“I just hope it draws this guy out,” she said. “Anything on the
background of Hans yet?”
“No, but give me a few days,” he said. “What’s on the agenda today?”
“Today is the grand opening of sorts in one of our labs for new
simulator models.” “Simulator models?”
“They allow you to plug in different types of cancers and different kinds of drugs and other treatments and tell you whether they will work together or not. Pretty impressive, really. And very expensive. We’ve been trying to buy one of these for years to save time. Dr. Shoo has one. Now we’re finally getting ours. Today is the big day.”
“Sounds cool.”
“Before I go, I need to ask you something. Barry says his Dennis
was in a UPS commercial yesterday. Coincidence, Mr. Harris?” “Perhaps, perhaps not. But as I said, it’s a surprise. If I tell you,
the effect will be lost. You’ll have to wait.” “You’re no fun.”
“I beg to differ,” he said. “Right now I gotta go meet Jerry, but
I’ll be by at six thirty to sit with Mary. See you then?” “No.”
“No? Just because I won’t tell you about my commercial?”
“I have to meet with a case worker about Mary. Supposed to be just a routine check on her condition. We’ll see. Gotta go—talk to you later.”
Dr. Wall walked into her office, pointing at his watch.
“We’re late, Dr. White. Let’s go. We need to review the models before they show them to the public.”
“Oh, boy—new toys!” she joked, trying to get a smile on his
stern face.
As they walked to the lab, Shelly realized Dr. Wall must have read her post. He was pretty adamant about protecting his friend, but from her side of the coin, she was driven to save her children, especially Mary. He told her it sounded like she was trying to draw someone out.
“I’m trying to do what the one man I owe everything in my life to wants me to do.”
“Is that so?”