13. Cheat
With how good I’m feeling on the morning of my first in-lab follow-up examination, I’m seriously wondering what the next seven weeks are for.
I tell Aaron to stay home and sleep in, grab an egg and bacon wrap from the burger place, and leave my bike behind.
I prefer to jog. I’ve got so much energy I can barely sit through school lately, and when I step into the waiting room at Corinthian, I’ve only broken the mildest of sweats.
This time, the chairs are full of people who make it an effort to rank our attractiveness. I’m think I’m still on top, but Swan’s effects show clearly on each of them, including Elise (or Lisa), whose teeth are noticeably whiter, her arms noticeably leaner, when she smiles and waves at me.
Dr. Rowland is ecstatic when she leads me into the lab and tak
