Hidden in the Stars by Robin Caroll

Author:Robin Caroll
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abingdon Fiction
Published: 2014-07-24T04:00:00+00:00

11

He thinks the doctor . . . the man, is one of them, doesn’t he?” Sophia mouthed to Charlie. “Julian thinks he came here to kill me, doesn’t he?”

“He’s just being cautious and thorough. It’s his job.”

Sophia narrowed her eyes. “Don’t lie to me, Charlie.”

Charlie sighed and slumped into the chair. “I’m sorry. He is being cautious and thorough, but yes, he’s suspicious of the man who came in here. He believes he isn’t a doctor, but won’t panic us until he’s checked.”

Sophia’s heart pounded. Good thing she wasn’t still hooked up to the beeping machine because it would be going overtime

right now.

“It’s going to be okay. Don’t get all sideways on me now.” Charlie made direct eye contact with her.

“I’m fine. A little unnerved is all.” Then she remembered she was never alone. “God’s got this anyway, right?”

Charlie smiled. “Right, and we might be making a big deal out of nothing. It’s entirely possible the guy was legit and just strange.”

“Yeah. I know.” Yet the more she thought about it, the more she realized that probably wasn’t true. The guy had come here . . . for her. She closed her eyes and tried to remember what he looked like. She opened her eyes and mouthed to Charlie, “We need to remember what he looks like. Julian will definitely want to know as many details as possible.”

“Right.” Charlie grabbed a pen and piece of paper from her purse. “I’d say he was almost six feet.”

Sophia nodded. “Maybe weighed one-eighty or one-ninety?”

“Yeah, I’d say that’s about right. He had light brown hair, but I didn’t see any blond in it. Did you?”

“No.” And now, with his image in her mind, it bugged her. “Charlie, he didn’t look intimidating at all.”

Charlie broke eye contact to stare at her notes, then looked back at her. “You’re right. He didn’t.”

“Don’t you think the person those attackers would send to finish me off would at least look a little intimidating or scary?”

Charlie nodded. “I do. He didn’t look like either.”

“Now that I think about it, he looked like he was a little scared.” The wideness of his eyes when he saw Charlie, who was, by no stretch of the imagination, intimidating or scary. The way he rushed out . . . “I don’t think he was with the men who attacked me and Mamochka. He just doesn’t look the part, nor did he act threatening in any way.”

“I agree, but he didn’t seem like a doctor either.”

“Maybe he’s new? Or one of the doctors in training or something.”

“Could be.” Either way, they’d have to wait until Julian got back to discuss it with him. Sophia breathed a little easier now that she’d thought it through and didn’t think the guy was out to harm her. He had probably—

“I’m sorry, but I can’t let you in unless I get permission,” the officer’s voice outside rose.

Charlie stood. “I’ll go check it out.” She disappeared out the door, then returned moments later, carrying Sophia’s lunch tray.

Sophia laughed.

“Julian told the officer no one but he and Brody could come in without his permission.

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