He wiped his face and shirt, and then he said, “You haven’t startled me. Still, your words were quite surprising,” he shook his head. “I wouldn’t have expected that answer,” he admitted.
“Maybe,” the young woman concurred with his assessment. “But then, that doesn’t mean that they were not true,” she added, tilting her head to the right, staring into the detective’s eyes. “I had always wanted to study psychiatry. That meant going to medical school,” she waved her hand. “It was no other way around that, even if I knew I was a bit squeamish. Still, I had to go through it to achieve what I wanted. That’s all that is to it,” she pointed out with a nonchalant shrug.
Mark watched her thoughtfully. The woman portrayed a very compelling picture of herself. However, the man doubted that he should
