Universal Chemistry by Li Hill

Author:Li Hill [Hill, Li]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay, Bisexual, Science Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2018-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Tom slipped into a health clinic before meeting up with the group at the I'na Outreach in Lincoln. He'd arrived early enough to be prepared to wait an hour or so to be seen by the doctor. He hoped it wouldn't come to that, but he knew how clinics worked when people just showed up.

"Mr. Raddoc?" a nurse called.

"Oh." Tom coughed a few times, trying his best to sell it. "That's me."

He went about the motions with the nurse, getting weighed and reading off the little script in his head to list off the classic symptoms of a sinus infection that went beyond the over-the-counter medicine. He'd made a promise to Nenen at the Center. He'd get those antibiotics.

When the doctor came him, Tom coughed into his hand, hoping the absurd amount of milk he drank that morning would give it more of a wet sound. He didn't even need try to look sick: a lot of milk made him nauseated.

"Sinus infection, huh?" The doctor nodded before sitting on his stool. "I'm Dr. Burns. Let's chat."

"Yeah, just can't knock it." Tom watched Dr. Burns get his stethoscope. He made Tom do a few breathing exercises and looked into his ears and the back of his throat.

"You don't have much drainage. Maybe it's just hanging on by a thread."

"Oh." Tom's shoulders sank.

"We'll just give you a few antibiotics to push it along." The doctor typed in a note on the holoPC before pressing the enter button with a flourish. Tom really wanted a holoPC. "Script ordered. Hope you feel better."

"Thanks!" Tom smiled to himself. He hopped down from the examination table, ready to cross the street to the pharmacy.

*~*~*

When Tom arrived at the Outreach Center, Parker was already there with sharp sunglasses and a cropped haircut. He looked more spy than FBI.

"You're here out of the goodness of your heart, right?" Parker raised a brow. "Saw Iilo too. Met your friends. Nice friends. Ya'll better not be playing Scooby Doo."

"I'm only here to drop off some medicine," Tom answered sweetly. He raised the bottle of antibiotics for show and strategically hid his name on it with his thumb.

Parker looked at him over his sunglasses. "Normally I'd call your involvement here pretty strange. Get your meds in and get out. Do you wanna be a suspect?"

Tom hadn't thought of it. Except there was literally nothing that could pin him to Xue's disappearance. He'd been with Carlos and Sam during the day and Carlos had stayed the night. He had an ironclad alibi and the knowledge that he was absolutely innocent. His only crime here was passing off antibiotics to someone else. In comparison, he felt he could live with it.

Inside, Tom looked for Nenen. He hoped she hadn't left, or worse, died. Light spilled into the room from giant circular windows. The bookcases glowed, their knowledge ready for any who cared to discover the books on their shelves.

There she was, on a bench in a corner of the room. No I'na were even close to her.

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