Chapter Forty-Six
Kali woke with a start. Something was different.
The pain.
She wasn't in pain.
She wasn't in pain? She took several slow breaths, assessed. No, she felt fine. Another breath. This wasn't a reason for joy. Not likely. Science may not back it up, but with the hours she'd logged witnessing patients' ebbs and flows, she knew it was more likely a reason for fear.
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LINCOLN HEADED OUT first thing in the morning to get a cell phone. Something simple. A phone, not a mini computer. The salesman was practically livid, treating Lincoln like he was some pariah—or a mental patient. Lincoln just smiled. He understood. He'd been that guy. Lived and breathed that guy, intent on following protocol, on making the biggest sale possible—though Lincoln had dealt with transactions in t
