Undetectable (Great Minds Thriller) by Soutter M. C

Author:Soutter, M. C. [Soutter, M. C.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2012-01-12T16:00:00+00:00

Doctor Petak

“Who are you?” Kevin asked. He was still feeling uneasy. This man had helped him, that much was undeniable. But he was not accustomed to having strange people stick him in the neck with needles. Then again, he was accustomed to nothing that had been going on for the last three days.

“I’m your doctor,” the man said, extending a hand. “Dr. Petak.”

Kevin shook his hand, grateful again for the strength that had somehow returned to him. He was able to stand up straight, to shake with a firm grip. And to think with some measure of clarity.

“Since when?”

“Since now.”

“What did you give me?”

Petak shook his head. “Nothing you’ve heard of.”

“I’d still like to know.”

“It was a combination of things, actually.”

“What things?”

The doctor sighed. “Illegal things, Mr. Brooks. Things that will get you through the next few hours. Things you don’t want to know you’ve taken, in case anyone asks you later on.”

Kevin looked around him, at the little room that seemed to be Petak’s waiting area. Then he looked over Petak’s shoulder as if scanning for hidden cameras. “What are you talking about? Who’s going to ask me?”

“No one. I’m only being cautious. Let’s go into the examination room, shall we?”

“Why?”

The doctor opened his hands, and he gave Kevin a pleading look. “Mr. Brooks, the standard practice is to conduct evaluations not in the waiting room, but in the place that contains actual diagnostic tools. Ophthalmoscope, tongue depressors, that sort of thing. We can proceed out here if you prefer, but in either case I will be able to accomplish nothing, nothing at all, if I don’t have your trust. Were it not for the injection I just gave you, I believe you would be down on my carpet at this moment. Probably unconscious, and possibly worse.”

Kevin nodded silently. For the second time in less than five minutes, he was feeling like a spoiled little boy. “You’re right.”

“Fine. So, in the office or on a couch?”

“The office.”

“After you, then.”

They stepped into the examination room, which was completely unremarkable. It looked like every doctor’s office Kevin had ever been in. The padded table with the strip of sanitary paper pulled over it, the small tool chest with cotton swabs and a thermometer on top, the little wall rack with the stainless steel tools for checking eyes and ears and reflexes, and the other wall rack with the blood pressure cuff. “Okay, sit down,” Petak said. “Let’s have a look and a listen.”

Kevin sat on the table, and Petak checked his eyes, his heart, his breathing, and his blood pressure. Petak was very quick; the entire process lasted less than a minute. “Fine,” he said, and took a step back. He squinted his eyes and peered at Kevin. “You look terrible, but you’re alive and still walking. Which is pretty good under the circumstances.”

“What are my circumstances? What’s happening to me?”

“Relax. That’s what we’re going to figure out. Tell me all your symptoms.”

Kevin frowned. “You won’t believe me.”

“Yes I will. Stop acting like a fool and just tell me.

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