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Thalia put her hand against the door frame to support herself as a sudden wave of emotion overwhelmed her. Where was Kay now? Was she hurt, abused? Was she even alive? Thalia tried to fight back the tears and put on a stone-faced expression. She took a few deep breaths to regain control of her emotions.
Dr. Grant gave her a strange look. She pushed the pain in her chest way down and scowled back at him.
“I’m detective Thalia Williams,” she said. She wasn’t above using her position to find her sister. “Has Dr. Wells been in contact with you?”
Dr. Grant hesitated. “What is this about?”
“I’m looking for her. She may have been a witness to a crime.”
Dr. Grant shook his head, his hands trembling a little. “I don’t know anything about that.”
Not knowing if it was a sign that he knew something or just an old man intimidated by the police, she was hesitant to be too rough with him.
“She just came back to Minas. Have you heard from her?”
“My wife has been ill for some months. Dr. Wells was helping me get her into some experimental trials. She messaged me yesterday to ask about her progress.”
Huh. That wasn’t the damning evidence of a criminal mind Thalia was looking for.
“Do you know where she’s staying?”
Dr. Grant shook his head, but she had a feeling that he had too much loyalty toward Dr. Wells to tell Thalia the truth even if he did know.
“Could you send her a message telling her that I need to talk to her?”
Again the look on his face was conflicted.
“A woman was kidnapped, one of her patients, and she may be able to help her.”
That did it. Dr. Grant nodded vehemently.
“Yes, of course, I will tell her.”
Thalia gave him her contact information and took her leave. There was nothing else for her to do.
Chapter Two
After waiting three days for Dr. Wells to contact her, Thalia was getting antsy. Every day, she jogged by the clinic during her evening run to see if she showed up, but she didn’t. She even messaged Dr. Grant a couple of times, and he swore that he’d passed on her message. Whatever goodwill she’d been willing to give Dr. Wells after finding out about Dr. Grant’s wife was quickly replaced with cold anger.
Dr. Wells’s silence made her look guilty. But despite being on desk duty, Thalia didn’t have much free time to dedicate to her sister’s case. She’d told Lily to regularly search for Dr. Wells in case she suddenly registered into a hotel or got a job practicing medicine again, but so far nothing.
Thalia walked out into the lobby, ready to go home for the day.
“I love running too.”
Lily stood in the lobby, her hand awkwardly placed on the arm of Dean, their co-worker. It was obvious Lily had a crush on him. She blushed and completely lost the ability to think whenever she went near him.
“It’s so exhilarating,” she said.
Since when?She hadn’t meant to do more than think the thought, but when the words flashed on her comm’s holo-display, Thalia went ahead and sent them to Lily.
Lily looked her way, her cheeks red with embarrassment.
“It’s a personal type of challenge,” Dean answered, not so gently pulling his arm back. “I just like competing against myself to get better.”
He spotted Thalia and looked at her with relief.
“Williams,” he called to her. “Good work this week. I’ll let Omale know you’re back to your old self. You’ll be joining us back on the street in no time.”
